Aru Shah and the End of Time
core novel 2018 The Pandava Quintet
Record
| First published | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.08 (29,660 ratings, collected 2026-09-05) |
| Page count | 355 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781368012355 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Aru Shah and the End of Time opens with twelve-year-old Aru Shah, who lives in a Los Angeles museum where her mother works and who has a habit of exaggerating stories to fit in with her classmates. When schoolmates visit to catch her in a lie about a family trip, she lights a lamp in the museum's forbidden hall to prove she is telling the truth about its curse, and accidentally frees a demon called the Sleeper, who was bound inside it. Aru then learns she is the reincarnation of the Pandava hero Arjuna from Hindu mythology, and is paired with another newly discovered Pandava, Mini, along with a guide who was once an enemy of the Pandavas transformed into a pigeon named Boo. Together they set out on a quest across mythic realms to gather the tools needed to stop the Sleeper's plan.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Pandava Quintet
- Series: The Pandava Quintet core; position 1 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Roshani Chokshi
Awards (verified)
- Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction (Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction), 2018: nominated
Notes
- From the series record (The Pandava Quintet): Completed 5-book series, Rick Riordan Presents / Disney-Hyperion.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Pandava Quintet: position 1 of 5: next Aru Shah and the Song of Death (2019)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Pandava Quintet
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aru_Shah_and_the_End_of_Time
- SFWA Nebula Awards: Aru Shah and the End of Time
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