Author(s): Rosie Boom

Youth | Children's Books | New Zealand Authors

WINNER 2021 CHRISTIAN INDIE AWARD CHILDREN’S CATEGORY (8-12 years)

Rose lives in the big city. But one day her life changes forever…

Rose, her twin sister Penny and their brother Peter find themselves swept away into a great adventure, sailing the blue Pacific to a mission school deep in the jungles of Papua.

There they become adventurers and explorers in their own wild kingdom. They swim and fish in the rivers and make huts and gardens where they grow pineapples, peanuts and bananas. They chase huge emerald and blue butterflies. They run barefoot and free, and imagine themselves as Tarzan and Jane, swinging on vines through the jungle.

But there are hidden dangers lurking: snakes, scorpions, jerry-wars, malaria – and in the rivers, fearsome crocodiles…

Where the Jungle Calls is a wholesome adventure story for 8-12 year old children (and for the whole family to enjoy). Based on the author’s own childhood, it recounts the fun and adventures of three young children and their parents who take up home in the jungles of New Guinea.

Where the Jungle Calls is the story of origin for the multi-award winning series The Barn Chronicles. Here in the jungles of Papua, New Guinea, the readers of The Barn Chronicles will meet their favourite characters again in a different time, a different place. This is where their adventures first began.

Where the Jungle Calls is a wholesome adventure story for 8 -12 year-old children (and for the whole family to enjoy). Based on the author’s own childhood, it recounts the fun and adventures of three young children and their parents who take up home in the jungles of New Guinea.

Where the Jungle Calls is the story of origin for the multi-award winning series The Barn Chronicles. Here in the jungles of Papua, New Guinea, the readers of The Barn Chronicles will meet their favourite characters again in a different time, a different place. This is where their adventures first began.