"Twelve-year-old Aru Shah has a tendency to stretch the truth in order to fit in at school. 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. Is it any wonder that Aru makes up stories about being royalty, traveling to Paris, and having a chauffeur? One day, three...

"Aru is only just getting the hang of this whole Pandava thing when the Otherworld goes into full panic mode. The god of love's bow and arrow have gone missing, and the thief isn't playing Cupid. Instead, they're turning people into heartless fighting-machine zombies. If that weren't bad enough, somehow Aru gets framed as the thief. If she doesn't find the arrow by the next full moon, she'll be kicked out of the Otherworld. For good. But, for better...

"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."--

In an alternate world based on the mythology of India, a girl trained since birth as a "poison maiden" in the Raja's service is ordered to kill a boy she loves. Marinda has kissed dozens of men-- and they all die afterward. She is a visha kanya-- a poison maid. Marinda serves the Raja by dispatching his enemies with only her lips as a weapon. Until now the men have been strangers, enemies of the kingdom. Then she receives orders to kiss Deven, a...

"Aru Shah va a pasar las vacaciones encerrada en el Museo de Arte y Cultura de la Antigua India en el que trabaja su madre, mientras el resto de sus compañeros de clase se van de viaje a lugares increíbles. Un día, tres compañeros de clase se presentan en casa de Aru para retarla. No se creen que la Lámpara de Bharata del muse estémaldita y quieren que Aru lo demuesre. Pero, al encender la lámpara, Aru libera al Durmiente, un antiguo ser que...