![]() ![]() ![]() They don’t believe her claim that the museum’s Lamp of Bharata is cursed, and they dare Aru to prove it. Just a quick light , Aru thinks. One day, three schoolmates show up at Aru’s doorstep to catch her in a lie. Is it any wonder that Aru makes up stories about being royalty, traveling to Paris, and having a chauffeur? While her classmates are jetting off to family vacations in exotic locales, she’ll be spending her autumn break at home, in the Museum of Ancient Indian Art and Culture, waiting for her mom to return from her latest archeological trip. Twelve-year-old Aru Shah has a tendency to stretch the truth in order to fit in at school. ![]() But I digress–let’s start with the publisher’s blurb! He could have written those books himself, but instead he decided to step away and let #OwnVoices authors take the spotlight. Seriously, props to Rick Riordan for helping support authors from other cultures in getting their mythologies into stories to be published and loved as much as his own Percy Jackson was. Obviously the #OwnVoices take on Indian mythology was a strong point in its favor. This was a cute and enjoyable read, for sure, with a delightful voice, a feisty and salty protagonist who was a little too relatable, and so much mythological fun. ![]()
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