Aru Shah and the end of time is a book that involves a lot of Hindu mythology, so if you are interested in Hindu mythology or are Hindu yourself, this is a great book for you. The main character is a middle school girl named Aru Shah, she tells lies to fit in with the rest of the kids in her private school. It may seem that Aru Shah is a very naughty child but every kid at her school is going to the Maldives or hanging out at their beach house, except Aru. Aru’s mom is the curator at the Museum of Ancient Indian Art and Culture in Atlanta, Georgia. Aru grew up in the Museum just her mom and her, she grew up hanging her backpack on the stone elephant in the lobby, directing tours through the hall of gods, and staring at the supposedly cursed lamp at the end of the hall of gods. One afternoon some of Aru’s classmates turn up at the museum and expose Aru’s lies, so to prove her innocence she decides to light the cursed lamp, when she does she awakens the sleeper, who is an evil demon whose goal is to end time. So, Aru has to save time because she finds out that she is a Pandava, the Pandava brothers saved Kauravas who were being led by their cousin, Karna. Aru finds out that she is the soul daughter of the king of the gods, Indra. The other Pandava that was awakened was Mini, an over-cautious short middle schooler, Mini is the soul daughter of the god of death and justice Dharma Raja. Both of them receive an item from their soul fathers. Aru gets a glowing ball the size of a ping-pong ball and Mini gets a compact. Now both of them have to go on a quest to get 3 keys so that they can save the world, and they must do it with a guide who is a pigeon named boo. If you want to see how Aru Shah the middle school lier turns into Aru Shah the Savior of the world read Aru Shah and the End of Time!
I really enjoyed this book because of the way it is based on Indian mythology, it gives a modern twist to Indian mythology. The way that you can’t tell what’s going to happen next is also another reason I loved reading this. I also liked how everything in the book is connected. Once I started getting interested in this book I didn’t put it down, in fact, I was reading it while we were on vacation and I even read while we were diving to places. I also loved how it connects 2 periods of time that were nearly 3,000 years apart.
I just finished reading this book and I am in 5th grade right now. If you like this book you should consider checking out Keeper of the lost cities, the Artemis Fowl Series, Harry Potter. I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I did.
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