Sea rhinoceros drawing12/7/2023 ![]() ![]() It is like a tiny capsule snippet of what one girl experienced and the moments in her life that impacted her and helped her learn who she was again. Their unbreakable bond was what drove the novel as it evoked emotions and feelings that we all have whilst allowing the 1891 setting and experiences to shine through at the same time – showing in quite a stark way how different things were back then for zoos and many other things in people’s lives. I found the beauty in this story came from the way Evie and Rhino connected with each other and understood each other. We get their whole experience, and I felt like this made the novel immersive and invigorating, allowing the characters to speak for themselves as Neridah wove history and the stories about shipwrecks and exotic animals she had found around them. The story of Evie and Rhino takes place in a small environment, so we see the world through Evie and Rhino’s eyes – we see what they see, feel what they feel, and hear what they hear – and in getting this small, insular world that they live in. This heartfelt story captured my imagination, and I loved Evie and Rhino – they were lovely characters, who seemed to understand each other without words – as Evie doesn’t speak for much of the novel, so she communicates with hand motions and showing her grandfather and Cook things, or through writing. The latest from Neridah McMullin is a beautiful novel – something a little different to her picture books and filled with immense heart and wonder. But when George Henley shows up, everything will change forever. Soon, Evie discovers more animals, and learns that someone is coming to see Rhino – and this could change things for Evie and Rhino forever. Rhino has survived the shipwreck, and instantly forms a bond with Evie – and starts to follow her everywhere and becomes part of the family. Not long after, whilst she is exploring the coast, Evie comes across Rhino. One day, a ship carrying exotic animals to a zoo in Melbourne is wrecked off the coast. Since then, she hasn’t spoken a word, and has spent all her time at home, exploring the coastal environment they live on in Victoria, in 1891. Ten-year-old Evie lives in Breamlea with her grandfather, orphaned after her parents died in a shipwreck two years ago. The tragedies of their pasts may finally be put to rest in this moving tale about love, connection, and the healing power of friendship. 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. They know too well how deadly storms can be. Not far away, ten-year-old Evie and her grandfather shelter in their crumbling, once-grand old home. On a stormy night off the coast of southern Australia, a ship transporting a cargo of exotic animals tosses and turns in enormous seas. A moving tale about love, connection, and the healing power of friendship. ![]() Synopsis: 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. ![]()
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