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City of the plague god / Sarwat Chadda.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Los Angeles : Disney-Hyperion, 2021Edition: First editionDescription: 383 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781368051507
  • 1368051502
Other title:
  • At head of title: Rick Riordan presents
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "Thirteen-year-old Sikander Aziz has to team up with the hero Gilgamesh in order to stop Nergal, the ancient god of plagues, from wiping out the population of Manhattan in this adventure based on Mesopotamian mythology"-- Provided by publisher.
List(s) this item appears in: Arab American Heritage Month
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Vol info Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy CHADDA SARWAT Available 33111009791746
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy CHADDA SARWAT 1 Available 33111010478192
Children's Book Children's Book Northport Library Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy CHADDA SARWAT 1 Available 33111009836384
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents an adventure based on ancient Mesopotamian mythology by Sarwat Chadda, author of the Ash Mistry series.

"An epic worthy of Gilgamesh. Chadda brings attention to the less well-recognized mythology of ancient Mesopotamia with engaging humor and wit."-- Kirkus Reviews

Thirteen-year-old Sik wants a simple life going to school and helping at his parents' deli in the evenings. But all that is blown to smithereens when Nergal comes looking for him, thinking that Sik holds the secret to eternal life.Turns out Sik is immortal but doesn't know it, and that's about to get him and the entire city into deep, deep trouble. Sik's not in this alone. He's got Belet, the adopted daughter of Ishtar, the goddess of love and war, on his side, and a former hero named Gilgamesh, who has taken up gardening in Central Park. Now all they have to do is retrieve the Flower of Immortality to save Manhattan from being wiped out by disease. To succeed, they'll have to conquer sly demons, treacherous gods, and their own darkest nightmares.

"Featuring gods and goddesses, and importantly, Muslim heroes, this #OwnVoices tale eerily echoes our pandemic presents; but readers will find escape in the entertaining balance of an apocalyptic setting with irreverent humor."-- School Library Journal

Endorsed by Rick Riordan, author of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, soon to be a series on Disney+.

Look for these other best-selling Rick Riordan Presents titles:
Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi The Storm Runner by J. C. Cervantes Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia

Ages 8-12. Disney-Hyperion.

"Thirteen-year-old Sikander Aziz has to team up with the hero Gilgamesh in order to stop Nergal, the ancient god of plagues, from wiping out the population of Manhattan in this adventure based on Mesopotamian mythology"-- Provided by publisher.

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