Greg’s mom calls a family meeting to determine what to do with their share, proposing home improvements and then overruling the family’s cartoonish wish lists and instead pushing for an addition to the kitchen. When Great Aunt Reba dies, she leaves some money to the family.
The Heffley family’s house undergoes a disastrous attempt at home improvement.
This original fantasy is laugh-out-loud funny and extremely engaging. (The banter among Kiran and the bickering Lal and Neel alone will have readers in stitches.) A refreshing take on the hero’s quest in which almost all the characters are Indian (or are of Indian origin), this series opener explores both the pains of growing up and what it means to be a second-generation Indian-American. Writing in smart and likable Kiran’s first-person voice, DasGupta successfully blends together American popular culture, Bengali folk tales, and witty dialogue in her hilarious debut. What follows is a roller-coaster adventure into The Kingdom Beyond the Seven Oceans and Thirteen Rivers, where Kiran and her friends seek help from a bird who enjoys bad jokes, flee from demon groupies, and face the formidable Serpent King. Kiran leaves on a quest to save her parents she’s accompanied by two handsome Indian princes-Lal and Neel-and their flying pakkhiraj horses. To make matters worse, a drooling rakkhosh slams into her kitchen, ready to eat her. Kiranmala is a regular sixth-grader in Parsippany, New Jersey, until her life is thrown out of whack when her parents are cast into another dimension as the result of an imploding spell. With plenty of surprises, twists, and turns, The Chaos Curse is a perfect read.It is not very often one comes across a fantasy novel for young readers in which the protagonist is both Indian and an interdimensional demon slayer. This book weaves a fast-paced story that takes the reader on a thrilling adventure through the Kingdom Beyond and back. Will Kiran and her friends be able to fix this new horror? Or will the Kingdom Beyond and all the universe succumb to the madness that is chaos? Stories clash together, and the Kingdom Beyond falls into disarray. As Kiran tries to escape this twisted version of her home, reality around her becomes increasingly complicated. But when she arrives, everything is wrong! Her parents are tax accountants, her arch-enemy is now her best friend, her companions have disappeared, and on top of that, a strange boy named Ned claims to know her. This quest should be easy, after all this town is Kiran’s home. Kiranmala, Tuni, a tiger named Bunty, and a lizard named Tiktiki One travel to her hometown of Parsippany, New Jersey, to free her friend Prince Lal from his imprisonment inside a tree. The Chaos Curse is Book Three in the Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond series.
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