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The serpent's secret

Up until her twelfth birthday, Kiranmala considered herself an ordinary sixth-grader in Parsippany, New Jersey, but then her parents disappear and a drooling rakkhosh demon shows up in her kitchen, and soon she is swept into another dimension, full of magic, winged horses, talking birds (very annoyi...

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Main Author: DasGupta, Sayantani (Author)
Other Authors: To, Vivienne (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Scholastic Press, 2018.
Edition: First edition.
Series: Kiranmala and the kingdom beyond ; 1.
Subjects:
Missing persons > Juvenile fiction.
East Indian Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Princesses > Juvenile fiction.
Magic > Juvenile fiction.
Quests (Expeditions) > Juvenile fiction.
Adventure and adventurers > Juvenile fiction.
Fantasy fiction > Juvenile.
Action and adventure fiction > Juvenile.
Summary: Up until her twelfth birthday, Kiranmala considered herself an ordinary sixth-grader in Parsippany, New Jersey, but then her parents disappear and a drooling rakkhosh demon shows up in her kitchen, and soon she is swept into another dimension, full of magic, winged horses, talking birds (very annoying), and cute princes--and somehow Kiranmala needs to sort it all out, find her parents, and basically save the world.
Item Description: Includes an excerpt of the author's, Kiranmala and the kingdom beyond.
Physical Description: 338 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 9781338185706
1338185705
9781338277142
1338277146
Author Notes: Sayantani DasGupta is the New York Times bestselling author of the critically acclaimed Bengali folktale and string theory-inspired Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond books, the first of which -- The Serpent's Secret -- was a Bank Street Best Book of the Year, a Booklist Best Middle Grade Novel of the 21st Century, and an E. B. White Read Aloud Honor Book. She is also the author of Debating Darcy , a contemporary young adult reimagining of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice . Sayantani is a pediatrician by training, but now teaches at Columbia University. When she's not writing or reading, Sayantani spends time watching cooking shows with her trilingual children and protecting her black Labrador retriever Khushi from the many things that scare him, including plastic bags. She is a team member of We Need Diverse Books, and can be found online at sayantanidasgupta.com and on Twitter at @sayantani16.

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