Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Pandava volume 4
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's New Books: September 2021 e-Books
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Description
"Aru Shah and her sisters--including one who also claims to be the Sleeper's daughter--must find their mentors Hanuman and Urvashi in Lanka, the city of gold, before war breaks out between the devas and asuras"--
Author
Series
Pandava volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Accused of stealing the god of love's bow and arrow, Aru has ten days to find the real thief or risk being kicked out of the Otherworld.
Author
Series
Pandava volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's New Books: September 2020 eBooks and eAudiobooks
Children's Read Alikes: Percy Jackson
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Summer 2023 Teen Volunteer Book Reviews!
Children's Read Alikes: Percy Jackson
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Summer 2023 Teen Volunteer Book Reviews!
Description
"Aru Shah has a tendency to stretch the truth in order to fit in at her private middle school. While her classmates are jetting off to exotic vacations, she'll be spending her autumn break in the Museum of Ancient Indian Art and Culture that her mom curates. Is it any wonder Aru makes up stories about being royalty, traveling to Paris, and having a chauffeur? One day, three schoolmates show up at Aru's doorstep to catch her in a lie. They don't believe...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
An original story based on Hindu mythology, this book tells the story about how Ganesha's love of sweets led to a broken tusk and the writing of the epic poem, the Mahābhārata. Includes author's notes about the myth.
Author
Series
Pandava volume 3
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's New Books: September 2020 eBooks and eAudiobooks
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Formats
Description
After fourteen-year-old Aru Shah and her friends fail to keep a prophecy from the Sleeper, they undergo a rebranding campaign to prove the Pandavas's trustworthiness, but Aru believes they need to focus on finding the Tree of Wishes before the Sleeper and stopping war between the devas and the demons.
Author
Series
Pandava volume 5
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's New Books: June 2022 Middle Grade Fiction
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Formats
Description
The Pandavas call on old friends, make new allies, and face fearsome trials as they embark on a mission to stop the Sleeper from accessing the nectar of immortality, but ultimately Aru must decide who deserves immortality--the devas or the asuras--and an unexpected answer comes from an unexpected place.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children’s New Books: April 2023 Middle Grade Chapter Books
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Children's Special Topics: Short Story Collections
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Children's Special Topics: Short Story Collections
Description
Four wry new trickster tales from the creators of Mangoes, Mischief, and Tales of Friendship draw on Hindu mythology and the rich tradition of Indian folktales. Clever Prince Veera and his best friend, Suku, are back in a vibrant new collection of stories riddled with surprises. When the prince's great uncle, Raja Apoorva, invites the boys to the summer festival in Peetalpur, Prince Veera and Suku are excited to compete in the games. It's no easy...
15) Kaikeyi: a novel
Author
Publisher
Redhook
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
""I was born on the full moon under an auspicious constellation, the holiest of positions-much good it did me." So begins Kaikeyi's tale. The only daughter of the kingdom of Kekaya, she is raised on grand stories about the might and benevolence of the gods: how they churned vast oceans to obtain the nectar of immortality, how they offer the devoted and the wise magnificent boons, how they vanquish evil and ensure the land prospers. Yet she watches...
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Spirited away to the subterranean realm of Nagalok as children, Tanvi and Venkat are charged with harvesting human dreams for the entertainment of the naga court. Tanvi is a dream runner; Venkat is an apprentice who shapes the dream runners' ware into a tantalizing commodity. When one of Tanvi's dream harvests goes awry, she begins to remember her life on Earth, and turns to Venkat for answers. What they find could turn the realm of dreams into a...
Author
Series
Kiki Kallira volume 1
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Drawn into the mystical world she created, 11-year-old Kiki Kallira must battle against her fear and anxiety to save two worlds--the real and imagined--from the wrath of an ancient deity bent on total destruction.
Author
Series
Kiki Kallira volume 2
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When Mysore's only source of water vanishes, Kiki returns to the fabulous kingdom, but she must first overcome her mounting anxiety in order to save the kingdom.
Author
Series
Pandava (Graphic novels) volume 1
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's New Books: November 2022 Graphic Novels and Comics
Children's Popular: Graphic Novels with Girl Main Character
Children's Popular: Graphic Novels with Girl Main Character
Description
Twelve-year-old Aru stretches the truth to fit in at her private school, but when she is dared to prove an ancient lamp is cursed, she inadvertently frees an ancient demon.
Interlibrary Loans
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Arcadia Public Library can be requested from other libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request