Where the the River Rises

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

As the Boom family begins a fourth year of living in their ninety-three-year-old barn, a terrible drought has Northland in its grip. The land turns brown, the Great River of Narnia falls, and the animals begin to suffer. As the relentless drought continues, thirteen-year-old Milly begins to think the rains will never come. But meanwhile there is a homestead to be finished and adventures to be had. There are calves to rear, gardens to plant and endless firewood to be collected. When the drought finally breaks and the river rises again, The Ruins have been  transformed into a home crafted with love, blood, sweat and tears. Milly can hardly wait to move in. The time has come to leave the barn and begin a whole new adventure…

Where is river risews is the fourth 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)