Where the Arrows Fly

Fall in Love with the Boom family and their adventures homeschooling in rural New Zealand. These books make wonderful family read-alouds

As eleven year-old Milly and her family begin their second year of living in the ninety-year-old barn, Milly has never been happier.  While Dad and Mum are busy building the new family home, the children are messing about on the land. Their days are full of adventures ­- horse riding, camping in Lantern Waste, making huts, canoeing and swimming in the river, archery … and all the while, Milly’s menagerie of animals continues to grow. But one thing is missing. Milly dreams of milking her very own cow. However when the time finally comes, Milly discovers that training a house cow is not as easy as she thought it would be…

Where the Arrow Fly is the second book in the multi-award-winning series, The Barn Chronicles. 

The first book in the series, Where Lions Roar at Night, won the 2010 CALEB prize for Best Children’s Book, and the sequel, Where Arrows Fly, was awarded the same prize in 2011. Where the Crickets Sing was a finalist in the same award in 2012 and the winner of the 2012 Christian Small Publishers International Book of the Year Award Children’s Category (8-12 years)