Spring 2025

Evie and Rhino

  • Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 7
  • Reading Level: Grade 5

A young girl with a tragic past and a rhinoceros facing life in captivity form an unlikely and magical bond after a fateful storm and a shipwreck bring them together.

On a stormy night off the coast of southern Australia in 1891, a ship transporting a cargo of exotic animals tosses and turns in enormous seas, and a young rhino cries out in fear.

A few miles inland, ten-year-old Evie and her grandfather shelter in their crumbling, once-grand old home. After the devastating storm that killed Evie’s parents and the resulting grief that left Evie mute, they know too well how deadly storms can be. When all is calm, Evie treks down to the water and makes an extraordinary discovery—a discovery that will change her life, and Rhino’s, forever.

Evie and Rhino is an engaging and moving tale about love, connection, and the healing power of friendship.

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978-1-76160-030-2
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Interest Level Grade 3 - Grade 7
Reading Level Grade 5
Category SEL: B Self-Management, SEL: C Social Awareness, SEL: D Relationship Skills, SEL: E Responsible Decision-Making, Social Emotional Learning
Copyright 2025
Publisher Walker Books Australia
Imprint Walker Books Australia
Language English
Number of Pages 272
Publication Date 2025-06-03
Text Type Fiction—Historical
BISACS JUV002330, JUV039030, JUV039050
Dewey [Fic]
Dimensions 5.25 x 8.25
Features Author/Illustrator biography, Original artwork, and Reviewed

Reviews

Kirkus Reviews

“McMullin’s cozy adventure of interspecies love and healing has the sentimental feel of children’s literature of yore. . . . A nostalgic story that will appeal to lovers of old-fashioned tales.”—Kirkus Reviews