22 must-read middle grade books like Evie and Rhino by Neridah McMullin

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Evie and Rhino

By: Neridah McMullin

4.35

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

When Evie finds a fully-grown rhinoceros washed up on a beach, she feels an immediate connection an…

If you liked the middle grade plot in Evie and Rhino by Neridah McMullin , here is a list of 22 books like this:

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1. The Bookbinder

By: Pip Williams

4.07

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when Wor… read more

Similar categories in Pip Williams's The Bookbinder book and Neridah McMullin's Evie and Rhino

  • historical
"Your stitching is what will hold the story together."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"Love Eternal, in Baskerville typeface. He'd chosen it for its clarity and beauty."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"The myriad ways our words had failed to be bound, and here they were, finally, and there was only one bloody copy."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

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2. Neverlanders

By: Tom Taylor

3.95

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Neverland has become a war zone and it's up to a new group of lost teens to set things right in thi… read more

Similar categories in Tom Taylor's Neverlanders book and Neridah McMullin's Evie and Rhino

  • middle grade
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3. Runt

By: Craig Silvey

4.46

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A heart-warming, funny, beautifully told story for readers of all ages from the bestselling author … read more

Similar categories in Craig Silvey's Runt book and Neridah McMullin's Evie and Rhino

  • animals
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
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4. Scar Town

By: Tristan Bancks

4.04

Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition

Twelve-year-old Will Haddon and his twin friends, Dar and Juno, find a safe full of money and human… read more

Similar categories in Tristan Bancks's Scar Town book and Neridah McMullin's Evie and Rhino

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
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5. The Other Side of Tomorrow

By: Hayley Lawrence

4.23

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

What if you thought you had forever ... To live your life. To tell your story. But what if forever … read more

Similar categories in Hayley Lawrence's The Other Side of Tomorrow book and Neridah McMullin's Evie and Rhino

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6. Completely Normal (and other lies)

By: Biffy James

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Love has rules. So does grief. And Stella Wilde’s about to break them all. Stella Wilde is secre… read more

Similar categories in Biffy James's Completely Normal (and other lies) book and Neridah McMullin's Evie and Rhino

  • relationships
  • family
"This isn't all on you. But god forbid we blame the dude. Fucking patriarchy."

-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)

"I considered letting my own meltdown come to the surface, but I had no way of knowing how long it would last once I let it, so I didn't. I put it in the black well instead, backing away so I wouldn't…"

-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)

"Maybe it was better to accept that when someone died there were some things that were never going to happen, and this was just another one of them. Because death left things unfinished. Unsaid. Unsew…"

-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)

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7. Let’s Never Speak of This Again

By: Megan Williams

3.80

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Award Winner, Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing, 2022 Ella and I have been best … read more

Similar categories in Megan Williams's Let’s Never Speak of This Again book and Neridah McMullin's Evie and Rhino

  • relationships
  • family
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8. Grace Notes

By: Karen Comer

4.16

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

  , This song has a grace note a tiny note that's there for embellishment but can easily be ignored… read more

Similar categories in Karen Comer's Grace Notes book and Neridah McMullin's Evie and Rhino

  • family
"Restrictions can't stop our music, can't stop us."

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"together we weave a set of colours so beautiful that surely every listener's heart expands"

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"The world has stopped still, yet we can feel our frenzied, uncertain energy spinning the Earth."

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"Surely traditions have to evolve? Surely daughters can choose their own happiness? Surely our world can handle this new virus?"

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

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9. Inkflower

By: Suzy Zail

4.32

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

A gritty YA novel about family secrets, hope and healing. Based on a true story. Lisa’s father has… read more

Similar categories in Suzy Zail's Inkflower book and Neridah McMullin's Evie and Rhino

  • historical
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10. Hamlet is Not OK

By: R.A. Spratt

3.40

Format: 240 pages, ebook

Selby hates homework. She would rather watch daytime television – anything to escape the tedium of … read more

Similar categories in R.A. Spratt's Hamlet is Not OK book and Neridah McMullin's Evie and Rhino

  • middle grade
  • family
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11. We Are Wolves

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes it's good to be wild. Sometimes you have to be wild. When the Russian Army marches … read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's We Are Wolves book and Neridah McMullin's Evie and Rhino

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
"Books are treasure."

-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves

"How do you thank someone for saving your sister?"

-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves

"I don't want to stop because when the songs and rhymes and stories and all the German words are gone, I will be gone. Liesl Anna Wolf will be no more."

-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves

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12. Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.51

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning writer Katrina Nannestad transports us to Russia and the Great Patriotic War and into… read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief book and Neridah McMullin's Evie and Rhino

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
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13. Silver Linings

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A new heartwarming novel set in 1950s Australia from bestselling author Katrina Nannestad Nettie… read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's Silver Linings book and Neridah McMullin's Evie and Rhino

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
"How can anyone eat now that Billy is gone? How can we even breathe?"

-Katrina Nannestad, Silver Linings

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14. The Grandest Bookshop in the World (The Grandest Bookshop in the World #1)

By: Amelia Mellor

3.86

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Pearl and Vally Cole live in a bookshop. And not just any bookshop. In 1893, Cole’s Book Arcade in … read more

Similar categories in Amelia Mellor's The Grandest Bookshop in the World (The Grandest Bookshop in the World #1) book and Neridah McMullin's Evie and Rhino

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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15. The Sideways Orbit of Evie Hart

By: Samera Kamaleddine

3.65

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Friendship, family and feelings collide in this sparkling middle-grade debut from Matilda Prize win… read more

Similar categories in Samera Kamaleddine's The Sideways Orbit of Evie Hart book and Neridah McMullin's Evie and Rhino

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
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16. The Greatest Thing

By: Sarah Winifred Searle

3.92

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A 2023 Lambda Literary Award Finalist A 2023 YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens A 2023 Children… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Winifred Searle's The Greatest Thing book and Neridah McMullin's Evie and Rhino

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17. A Glasshouse of Stars

By: Shirley Marr

3.98

Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Meixing Lim and her family have arrived at the New House in the New Land, inherited from First Uncl… read more

Similar categories in Shirley Marr's A Glasshouse of Stars book and Neridah McMullin's Evie and Rhino

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
"It is then you understand that Kevin isn't angry at the world; he's angry at himself."

-Shirley Marr, A Glasshouse of Stars

"The promise touches your face softly and wraps itself gently around you, planting a seed of hope in your heart."

-Shirley Marr, A Glasshouse of Stars

"Are you scared of the darkness?" Kevin asks you. "No," you say. With your answer, the black sky is at once filled with a million galaxies. It is the most beautiful thing you have ever seen. "No," you…"

-Shirley Marr, A Glasshouse of Stars

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18. Waiting for the Storks

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.59

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The powerful new novel from master storyteller Katrina Nannestad. I don't want to remember the … read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks book and Neridah McMullin's Evie and Rhino

  • relationships
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • family
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19. No Words

By: Maryam Master

4.20

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Hero doesn't feel like a hero, but sometimes she feels as if the universe is asking her to be one. … read more

Similar categories in Maryam Master's No Words book and Neridah McMullin's Evie and Rhino

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
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20. Huda and Me

By: H. Hayek

4.03

Format: 142 pages, Kindle Edition

Huda's sitting in the airport lounge, fiddling with our tickets. I can tell she's excited because s… read more

Similar categories in H. Hayek's Huda and Me book and Neridah McMullin's Evie and Rhino

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
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21. The Book of Wondrous Possibilities

By: Deborah Abela

4.01

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Arlo Goodman lives with his Uncle Avery in a run-down flat above their bookshop. He has no friends,… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Abela's The Book of Wondrous Possibilities book and Neridah McMullin's Evie and Rhino

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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22. August and Jones

By: Pip Harry

4.33

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Eleven-year-old Jones Kirby has just moved to Sydney from her farm in country New South Wales. She'… read more

Similar categories in Pip Harry's August and Jones book and Neridah McMullin's Evie and Rhino

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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23. The Way of Dog

By: Zana Fraillon

4.42

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A fiercely original verse novel from the ABIA and CBCA award-winning author of The Bone Sparrow. … read more

Similar categories in Zana Fraillon's The Way of Dog book and Neridah McMullin's Evie and Rhino

  • relationships
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • family
" Be strong. Be fierce. Life is more than a concrete floor. "

-Zana Fraillon, The Way of Dog

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24. The Raven's Song

By: Zana Fraillon

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A wonderful children's novel by two stellar writers featuring Shelby and Phoenix, living 100 years … read more

Similar categories in Zana Fraillon's The Raven's Song book and Neridah McMullin's Evie and Rhino

  • middle grade
  • environment
  • family
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25. What We All Saw

By: Mike Lucas

3.34

Format: 313 pages, Paperback

Witches only exist in stories. Everyone knows that. But what if the stories are real? FOUR FRIEN… read more

Similar categories in Mike Lucas's What We All Saw book and Neridah McMullin's Evie and Rhino

  • family
"There was just a resignation that, at some point in the near future, we were all going to have to face some kind of music. What the song was depended on our ability not only to sing, but to sing the …"

-Mike Lucas, What We All Saw

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26. Ming and Hilde Lead a Revolution (The Girls Who Changed the World, #3)

By: Jackie French

4.15

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

The third book in the best-selling Jackie French historical series that places girls centre stage. … read more

Similar categories in Jackie French's Ming and Hilde Lead a Revolution (The Girls Who Changed the World, #3) book and Neridah McMullin's Evie and Rhino

  • historical
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27. Xavier in the Meantime

By: Kate Gordon

4.15

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Sometimes Xavier wakes up feeling hopeless. Every new doctor … this will fix it. Removing hi… read more

Similar categories in Kate Gordon's Xavier in the Meantime book and Neridah McMullin's Evie and Rhino

  • middle grade
  • family
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28. The Jammer

By: Nova Weetman

4.27

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

Fred has moved around her whole life, one small town after another, and never minded starting over.… read more

Similar categories in Nova Weetman's The Jammer book and Neridah McMullin's Evie and Rhino

  • middle grade
  • animals
  • family
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29. Evie and Rhino

By: Neridah McMullin

4.35

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

When Evie finds a fully-grown rhinoceros washed up on a beach, she feels an immediate connection an… read more

Similar categories in Neridah McMullin's Evie and Rhino book and Neridah McMullin's Evie and Rhino

  • relationships
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • family
  • environment
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30. Being Jimmy Baxter

By: Fiona Lloyd

4.02

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A gently funny yet powerful coming-of-age middle grade novel about surviving the odds, unlikely fri… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Lloyd's Being Jimmy Baxter book and Neridah McMullin's Evie and Rhino

  • relationships
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • family
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31. 11 Ruby Road: 1900

By: Charlotte Barkla

3.88

Format: 132 pages, Kindle Edition

Perfect period fiction for middle-grade girls - for fans of the Our Australian Girl seriesIt is 190… read more

Similar categories in Charlotte Barkla's 11 Ruby Road: 1900 book and Neridah McMullin's Evie and Rhino

  • middle grade

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4.04

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