Roshani Chokshi’s “Aru Shah and the End of Time” is a quick, funny adventure steeped in Hindu mythology. In this first book of the “Pandava Quintet”, twelve-year-old Aru, who stretches the truth to fit in, discovers her Pandava sisters. Readers new to Indian myth may stumble over some names, and some find the rush between set pieces leaves the characters thin. Younger readers who like their myths fast and comic are its natural audience.

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About the book

Aru Shah and the End of Time is a 2018 American-fantasy-adventure novel written by Roshani Chokshi and published in March 2018 by Disney-Hyperion. It is the first of many "Rick Riordan Presents" imprint books, and focuses on twelve-year-old Aru Shah who doesn't fit in at school and often stretches the truth to please her friends, but discovers her Pandava sisters, and the very real world of Hindu mythology. The novel received critical acclaim, with critics praising the story, the tone, the humor, and the characters.

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The sources average 7.9 across 92 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 38% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Adventure average of 7.8. That is how 7.9 comes out.