Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes / Roshani Chokshi.

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Title:

Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes / Roshani Chokshi.

Author:

Chokshi, Roshani, author.

ISBN:

9781368013857

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

386 pages ; 22 cm.

Series:

The Pandava series ; book 3

Pandava novel ; bk. 3.

General Note:

"Rick Riordan presents."

Abstract:

"After fourteen-year-old Aru Shah and her friends fail to keep a prophecy from the Sleeper, they undergo a rebranding campaign to prove the Pandavas's trustworthiness, but Aru believes they need to focus on finding the Tree of Wishes before the Sleeper and stopping war between the devas and the demons." -- (Source of summary not specified)

Reading Level:

Ages 8-12. Disney Hyperion.

Grades 4-6. Disney Hyperion.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.4 13.0 Accelerated Reader Quiz #508063.

Lexile 760L.

Genre:

Children's stories.

East Indian Americans -- Juvenile fiction.

Paranormal fiction. (OCoLC)fst01921727

Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637

Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787

Action and adventure fiction. (OCoLC)fst01921574

Adventure fiction.

Paranormal fiction.

Action and adventure fiction.

Mythological fiction.

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Summary

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents the third book in the best-selling Pandava series by Roshani Chokshi.

*"Chokshi seamlessly weaves Indian cosmology and pop culture into a refreshingly feminist plot laced with witty dialogue."-- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

War between the devas and the demons is imminent, and the Otherworld is on high alert. Fourteen-year-old Aru Shah and her friends are sent on a mission to rescue two "targets," one of whom is about to utter a prophecy that could mean the difference between victory and defeat. Turns out the targets, a pair of twins, are the newest Pandava sisters, though the prophecy says that one sister is not true.

When the Pandavas fail to prevent the prophecy from reaching the Sleeper's ears, the heavenly attendants ask them to step aside. Aru believes that the only way to put the shine back on their brand is to find the Kalpavriksha, the wish-granting tree that came out of the Ocean of Milk when it was churned. If she can reach it before the Sleeper, perhaps she can turn everything around with one wish.

Careful what you wish for, Aru . . .

Percy Jackson meets Sailor Moon in this enchanting, funny, and adventuresome series inspired by Hindu stories.

Endorsed by Rick Riordan, author of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, soon to be a series on Disney+.

Look for these other fan favorites from Rick Riordan Presents: The Storm Runner by J.C. Cervantes Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia

Reviews (1)

Kirkus Review

In the third instalment of the Pandava Quartet, 14-year-old Arundhati "Aru" Shah and her companions need to defeat their archnemesis (and Aru's father), the Sleeper, and prevent the impending war between the devas and asuras. The novel opens with Aru and her friends on a mission to rescue two people from the Sleeper's soldiers. The two people are 10-year-old identical twins and Pandavas Nikita and Sheela, trapped atop a Ferris wheel in downtown Atlanta. This mission is of utmost importance because Sheela is a clairvoyant with an important prophecy, which speaks of the rise of the Sleeper and an untrue Pandava sister--and which the Sleeper must not hear at any cost. Despite their best efforts, however, one of the Sleeper's soldiers overhears the prophecy, and Aru, Mini, Brynne, and Adin--accompanied by Rudy, a serpent prince--set off to find the missing Kalpavriksha, a wish-granting tree, so that they might wish upon it to set things right. Much like its predecessors, this fast-moving adventure draws on Hindu cosmology and South Asian pop-culture references to create an enchanting but believable magical Otherworld, where gods, demigods, demons, and talking animals abound. Chokshi's novel is pitch perfect: The plot is action-packed, the dialogue witty, and the characters (almost all of whom are either Indian or part-Indian) are compelling, diverse, and complex. Touching, riotously funny, and absolutely stunning. (Fantasy. 10-14) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.