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1. Aru Shah and the end of time

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Author:
Chokshi, Roshani
Series:
Pandava volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
Formats:
Book, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
Twelve-year-old Aru Shah has the tendency to stretch the truth to fit in at school. One day, three schoolmates show up at Aru's doorstep to catch her in a lie. They don't believe her claim that the museum's Lamp of Bharata is cursed, and they dare Aru to prove it. But lighting the lamp has dire consequences. Her classmates and beloved mother are frozen in time, and it's up to Aru to save them.

2. The lightning thief

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Author:
Riordan, Rick
Series:
Percy Jackson & the Olympians volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
Formats:
Book, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea. His mother sends him to a summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends set out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.