| ISBN |
9781760654207 (paperback) |
| Name |
McMullin, Neridah author. |
| Title |
Evie and rhino / written by Neridah McMullin ; illustrated by Astred Hicks. |
| Published |
Newtown, NSW : Walker Books, 2022. |
| ©2022 |
| Description |
263 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Summary |
1891. On a stormy night off the coast of southern Australia, a ship transporting a cargo of exotic animals tosses and turns in enormous seas. Rhino senses they are in grave danger... Not far away, ten-year-old Evie and her grandfather shelter in their crumbling, once-grand old home. They know too well how deadly storms can be. When all is calm, Evie treks over the dunes to the sea and makes a discovery that will change her life, and Rhino's, forever. Will the tragedies of their pasts finally be put to rest? |
| Target audience note |
9-12 years old. |
| Subjects |
Girls -- Juvenile fiction |
| Grandfathers -- Juvenile fiction |
| Rhinoceroses -- Juvenile fiction |
| Human-animal relationships -- Juvenile fiction |
| Exotic animals -- Juvenile fiction |
| Children's stories |
| Australian fiction |
| Victoria -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction |
| Genre |
Historical fiction |
| Other Names |
Hicks, Astred illustrator. |
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