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Title details for The Chaos Monster by Sayantani DasGupta - Available

The Chaos Monster

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by Sayantani DasGupta
Sharmila G. Lash
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From New York Times bestselling author Sayantani DasGupta comes a new series in which everything is connected to everything, and it's up to twins Kiya and Kinjal to save it all.

When 10-year-old Kinjal hears a strange noise in the middle of the night, he grabs his twin sister, Kiya, and the two go searching in the forest at the edge of their new house. There, they find Snowy and Midnight, two winged pakkhiraj horses from the Kingdom Beyond Seven Oceans and Thirteen Rivers who have come to this dimension to seek help — bees are disappearing, along with the nectar the pakkhiraj horses need to survive.

Whisked away to a magical realm, the twins must use Kiya's scientific skills and Kinjal's love of books and language. But then they discover that the disappearance of the bees is more nefarious than they thought, and the plot goes all the way to the top.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Secrets of the Sky

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    August 29, 2023

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781339029474
      • File size: 119769 KB
      • Duration: 04:09:31

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 22, 2023
      When 10-year-old Parsippany, N.J., native Kinjal witnesses his mother stretch out her arm “like it was a fire hose being rolled out” to redirect a bee midflight, he sets out to investigate the origins behind this bizarre occurrence. Upon recalling a similar story from Thakurmar Jhuli, a collection of South Asian folk and fairy tales that Kinjal’s father occasionally reads to him and his science-loving twin sister Kiya, the siblings track the book down to a locked trunk in the basement. Once they free the tome, it summons a chaos monster that dognaps the tweens’ beloved pet, as well as two winged horses, which land in the yard to whisk Kinjal and Kiya to the realm of the Sky Kingdom in pursuit. There they meet Princess Pakkhiraj, who informs the pair that the kingdom’s bees are dying and that they must uncover the cause, or unfathomable harm will come both to the kingdom and Earth. DasGupta (Rosewood) launches an energetic new series with a strong environmental focus in this Bengali folktale–inspired fantasy adventure, which teems with action and humor. Fluid b&w illustrations by Tang (the Faeries’ Promise series) depict fantastical sequences throughout. Ages 8–12.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

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