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Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi
5.0
Instead of Greek Mythology, you have Hindu Mythology.
Instead of Percy Jackson the son of Poseidon, you have Aru Shah the daughter of Indra.
Instead of Annabeth the daughter of Athena, you have Mini the daughter of Yudhistira.
Instead of Grover the satyr , you have Boo the pidgeon.
Instead of heroes, you have heroines.
Instead of middle school boy problems, you have middle school girl problems.
There's a Council of Guardians, a Kingdom of Death, a Bridge of Forgetting, a Night Bazaar and many other adventurous tidbits to keep a young reader engaged. The dialogue is sarcastic and witty, and the background of the story will be new to a lot of folks. Plenty to learn here!
"But be warned: regret will always follow. It is the price of aiming true. For sometimes, when we take the deadliest aim, we are nothing if not reckless."
“You are the Daughter of Death," hissed Aru. "You don't walk into a telephone pole because of a boy.”
“Secrets are curious things. They are flimsy and easily broken. For this reason, they prefer to remain hidden.”
"A fact, on the other hand, is strong and powerful. It's proven. Unlike a secret, it's out there for everyone to see and know. And that can make it more terrifying than the deepest, darkest secret."
“Tales are slippery, her mother had often said. The truth of a story depends on who is telling it.”
“It was one of the things that she liked best when her mother told her the stories: villains could be heroic, and heroes could do evil.”
"They're banding together! We're going to be overrun. Forced into that awful samsara cycle of lives! As punishment! This is what we get for thinking that scaly orange skin and fake hair could keep that former demon out of elected office. It's all your fault--"
"Do you realize how cruel it is to tell someone that their future is fixed? That they can do nothing but play out their life like a puppet? Do you see how even your gifts have enslaved you?"
"It's not failure to fail."
"Aru used to think that friends were there to share your food and keep your secrets and laugh at your jokes while you walked from one classroom to the next. Sometimes, though, the best kid of friend is the one who doesn't say anything but just sits beside you. It's enough."
“You will never be a hero. You were never meant to be a hero."
Hero. that one word made Aru lift her chin. It made her think of Mini and Boo, her mom, and all the incredible things she herself had done in just nine days. Breaking the lamp hadn't been heroic... but everything else? Fighting for people she cared about and doing everything it took to fix her mistake? That was heroism.
Vajra became a spear in her hand.
"I already am. And it's heroine.”
Instead of Percy Jackson the son of Poseidon, you have Aru Shah the daughter of Indra.
Instead of Annabeth the daughter of Athena, you have Mini the daughter of Yudhistira.
Instead of Grover the satyr , you have Boo the pidgeon.
Instead of heroes, you have heroines.
Instead of middle school boy problems, you have middle school girl problems.
There's a Council of Guardians, a Kingdom of Death, a Bridge of Forgetting, a Night Bazaar and many other adventurous tidbits to keep a young reader engaged. The dialogue is sarcastic and witty, and the background of the story will be new to a lot of folks. Plenty to learn here!
"But be warned: regret will always follow. It is the price of aiming true. For sometimes, when we take the deadliest aim, we are nothing if not reckless."
“You are the Daughter of Death," hissed Aru. "You don't walk into a telephone pole because of a boy.”
“Secrets are curious things. They are flimsy and easily broken. For this reason, they prefer to remain hidden.”
"A fact, on the other hand, is strong and powerful. It's proven. Unlike a secret, it's out there for everyone to see and know. And that can make it more terrifying than the deepest, darkest secret."
“Tales are slippery, her mother had often said. The truth of a story depends on who is telling it.”
“It was one of the things that she liked best when her mother told her the stories: villains could be heroic, and heroes could do evil.”
"They're banding together! We're going to be overrun. Forced into that awful samsara cycle of lives! As punishment! This is what we get for thinking that scaly orange skin and fake hair could keep that former demon out of elected office. It's all your fault--"
"Do you realize how cruel it is to tell someone that their future is fixed? That they can do nothing but play out their life like a puppet? Do you see how even your gifts have enslaved you?"
"It's not failure to fail."
"Aru used to think that friends were there to share your food and keep your secrets and laugh at your jokes while you walked from one classroom to the next. Sometimes, though, the best kid of friend is the one who doesn't say anything but just sits beside you. It's enough."
“You will never be a hero. You were never meant to be a hero."
Hero. that one word made Aru lift her chin. It made her think of Mini and Boo, her mom, and all the incredible things she herself had done in just nine days. Breaking the lamp hadn't been heroic... but everything else? Fighting for people she cared about and doing everything it took to fix her mistake? That was heroism.
Vajra became a spear in her hand.
"I already am. And it's heroine.”