![]() Readers will empathize with Aru as she learns about the consequences of lighting the lamp and the danger she put everyone in. The lesson should be that when your mother tells you to do something, always listen. Living with her mother at the Museum of Ancient Indian Art and Culture, Aru lives in a world surrounded by ancient artifacts while trying to survive the burdens of the teenage years.Īfter a dare from some snotty classmates who have sought Aru out, our poor heroine lights the Lamp of Bharata, something that her mother has told her is cursed and should never touch, to impress her taunting classmates, and that is when the end of the world begins.įor Aru, this lighting of the lamp awakens the Sleeper which will seek out Lord Shiva and bring an end to time. Though she attends a private school with some of the richest kids in Atlanta, she is anything but rich. ![]() Middle School student Aru Shah is having a hard time at school. ![]()
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