Roshani Chokshi

"Aru Shah, who 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 schoolmates...

"Aru Shah is only just getting the hang of this whole Panava 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, the culprit is turning people into heartless fight-machine zombies. And, as if that weren't bad enough, somehow Aru gets framed as the thief. If she doesn't find the weapon within ten days, she'll be kicked out of the Otherworld. Forever. For...

"Corazon yearns to finally start training as a babaylan (a mystical healer and spirit guide) under her powerful guardian, Aunt Tina. As soon as her magic awakens, Corazon plans to bring her parents back from the dead and no longer have to rely on a soul key to allow visits with their ghosts for a few hours every Saturday night. But when a vengeful ghost steals Corazon’s precious key, the fragile balance between the human world and the spirit world...

"War between the devas and the demons is imminent, and the Otherworld is on high alert. Fourteen-year-old Aru Shah and her friends are sent on a mission to rescue two “targets,” one of whom is about to utter a prophecy that could mean the difference between victory and defeat. Turns out the targets, a pair of twins, are the newest Pandava sisters, though the prophecy says that one sister is not true. When the Pandavas fail to prevent the prophecy...

"Once upon a dream, there was a prince named Ambrose and a princess named Imelda who loved each other . . . But alas, no more. 'What a witch takes, a witch does not give back!' their friends and family warn. They resign themselves to this loveless fate . . . A year and a day pass. And then their story truly begins . . . Embark on a perilous journey with Imelda and Ambrose as they brave magical landscapes and enchanted creatures on their quest to reclaim...

"The town of Moon Ridge was founded 400 years ago and everyone born and raised there knows the legend of the young woman who perished at the stroke of twelve that very same night, losing the life she was set to embark on with her dearest love. Every century since, one day a year, the Lady of Moon Ridge descends from the stars to walk among the townsfolk, conjuring an aura upon those willing to follow their hearts’ desires...This year at Moon Ridge...

Returning to the dark and glamorous 19th century world of her New York Times instant bestseller, The Gilded Wolves, Roshani Chokshi dazzles us with the final riveting tale as full of mystery and danger as ever in The Bronzed Beasts.
After Séverin's seeming betrayal, the crew is fractured. Armed with only a handful of hints, Enrique, Laila, Hypnos and Zofia must find their way through the snarled, haunted waterways

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This program includes a bonus conversation with the author. Star-Touched Stories by Roshani Chokshi combines three lush and adventurous stories in the Star-Touched World.
Death and Night
He was Lord of Death, cursed never to love. She was Night incarnate, destined to stay alone. After a chance meeting, they wonder if, perhaps, they could be meant for more. But danger crouches in their paths, and the choices they make

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Wer die Götter herausfordert, dem ist echt nicht zu helfen ... Eine Unheilsbotschaft versetzt die Anderwelt in Aufruhr: Pfeil und Bogen des Liebesgottes sind verschwunden! Und ausgerechnet Aru wird beschuldigt, sie gestohlen zu haben! Um ihre Unschuld zu beweisen (und ganz nebenbei das Universum zu retten - schon wieder!), macht sie sich auf die Suche nach dem Dieb. Die Spur führt Aru in ein magisches Unterwasserreich - und zu einer legendären...

Wer die Götter herausfordert, dem ist echt nicht zu helfen ... Aru Shah kann es kaum fassen: Eigentlich wollte sie ihren Klassenkameraden nur beweisen, dass die antike Öllampe im Museum ihrer Mutter tatsächlich verflucht ist - und nun soll sie durch das Entzünden der Lampe das Ende des Universums eingeläutet haben?! Um das Schlimmste zu verhindern, bekommt sie von den Wächtern des Himmelspalasts einen geheimen Auftrag. Zum Glück wird ihr auch...