Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes (Pandava Series #3)

by Roshani Chokshi

Overview

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


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 . . .



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"A magic carpet ride of a book! A fun and unpredictable retelling of the classic Aladdin story, a must-read for all of us Disney fans!" -Melissa de la Cruz


Read the entire Twisted Tales series!

• A Whole New World
• Once Upon a Dream
• As Old As Time
• Reflection
• Part of Your World
• Mirror, Mirror
• Conceal, Don't Feel
• Straight On Till Morning
• So This is Love
• Unbirthday

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781368013857
Publisher:	Disney Publishing Group
Publication date:	04/07/2020
Series:	Pandava Series , #3
Pages:	400
Sales rank:	272,405
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.10(h) x 1.40(d)
Lexile:	760L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Roshani Chokshi (www.roshanichokshi.com) is the author of the instant New York Times best-selling first book in the Pandava series, Aru Shah and the End of Time,and its sequel, Aru Shah and the Song of Death. She also wrote the New York Times best-selling YA books The Star-Touched Queen and The Gilded Wolves.She studied fairy tales in college, and she has a pet luck dragon that looks suspiciously like a Great Pyrenees dog. The Pandava novels were inspired by the stories her grandmother told her as well as Roshani's all-consuming love for Sailor Moon. She lives in the south and says "y'all," but she doesn't really have a Southern accent. Her Twitter handle is @roshani_chokshi.

Editorial Reviews

★ 2020-04-04
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)

Kirkus Reviews

For the third time, Soneela Nankani narrates the adventures of Aru Shah. She will again please listeners with the fast-paced dialogue, wit, clever references, humor, and dynamics of 14-year-old Aru and her friends, Mini, Brynne, and Adin. Nankani adds to Aru’s crew of three (and her repertoire) with the arrogance and flaws of Rudy, a serpent prince. In the midst of seeking a wish-granting tree, Aru and her friends take on a quest to rescue a clairvoyant twin from the clutches of Sleeper. Nankani represents Aru’s mix of feelings about her father as smoothly as she negotiates the Hindu-drawn world of gods and creatures and the non-stop action. S.W. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine

MAY 2020 - AudioFile

For the third time, Soneela Nankani narrates the adventures of Aru Shah. She will again please listeners with the fast-paced dialogue, wit, clever references, humor, and dynamics of 14-year-old Aru and her friends, Mini, Brynne, and Adin. Nankani adds to Aru’s crew of three (and her repertoire) with the arrogance and flaws of Rudy, a serpent prince. In the midst of seeking a wish-granting tree, Aru and her friends take on a quest to rescue a clairvoyant twin from the clutches of Sleeper. Nankani represents Aru’s mix of feelings about her father as smoothly as she negotiates the Hindu-drawn world of gods and creatures and the non-stop action. S.W. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine

MAY 2020 - AudioFile