Aru Shah and the End of Time By Roshani Chokshi Published on March 27th 2018 Published by: Disney/Rick Riordan Presents Source: Publisher 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 their latest archaeological trip. Is it any wonder that 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 her claim that the museum's Lamp of Bharata is cursed, and they dare Aru to prove it. Just a quick light, Aru thinks. Then she can get herself out of this mess and never ever fib again. But lighting the lamp has dire consequences. She unwittingly frees the Sleeper, an ancient demon whose duty it i...
The Child Finder By Rene Denfeld Published: September 5th 2017 Published by: Harper Source: Purchased Three years ago, Madison Culver disappeared when her family was choosing a Christmas tree in Oregon’s Skookum National Forest. She would be eight years old now—if she has survived. Desperate to find their beloved daughter, certain someone took her, the Culvers turn to Naomi, a private investigator with an uncanny talent for locating the lost and missing. Known to the police and a select group of parents as The Child Finder, Naomi is their last hope. Naomi’s methodical search takes her deep into the icy, mysterious forest in the Pacific Northwest, and into her own fragmented past. She understands children like Madison because once upon a time, she was a lost girl too. As Naomi relentlessly pursues and slowly uncovers the truth behind Madison’s disappearance, shards of a dark dream pierce the defenses that have protected her, reminding her of a terrible loss she feels...
Click of Official Tour Schedule Welcome to Short and Sweet's stop on the Eve Hallows Blog tour! Today the author, Robert Gray, is sharing with us a guest post on how he thinks a human would survive in the pages of his book! How Would a Human Survive in Gravesville? Since I'm not the best person to ask about surviving Gravesville, I thought I'd invite Eve over to give us some tips … Eve? EVE: Thank you, writer person. So, if you've ever thought about taking a vacation to Gravesville, think again. Humans are not allowed in Gravesville. Period. RG: But you're a human and you live there … or you used to, at least. EVE: That's different. I'm adopted. It's not like the average human can just walk through any old portal and go eat at Treats n' Treats or go fog surfing in the graveyard. RG: Okay, but what if, say, a little girl stepped through a portal by accident. How would she survive? EVE: That's ...