Roshani Chokshi’s bestselling novel tells the story of a 12-year-old girl who inadvertently releases a spirit bent on destroying the world unless she can stop it.
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A 12-year old girl of Indian descent lies to her classmates at a private day school in Atlanta about owning a cursed lamp that can end the world, and when challenged to light it, she awakens a being called the Sleeper, the Lord of Destruction.
Quincy Carpenter, the only survivor of a horror movie-scale massacre, is doing fine, that is, until Lisa, another member of a group of press coined ‘Final Girls’ is found dead. When Sam shows up on her doorstep demanding answers and new details about Lisa’s death come to light, Quincy’s must race against time to try to unravel the deadly mystery of her past.