It’s the summer of 1945, and April is delighted that the war is finally over and her beloved father is home again. But she has a nagging cough and a fever, and she just can’t seem to get better. When she’s diagnosed with tuberculosis she’s in shock–all she knows about TB is that characters in novels die of it. Soon her world has changed from school and swim meets to long days of complete bed rest in a TB hospital. There she meets her roommate, the beautiful and desperately ill Nancie. There she also meets Ravi, the handsome Indian prince who begins courting her under the guise of a “literary friendship.” They share some wonderful times, but April is slowly getting sicker. There is one way out, but it is radical surgery that will leave her scarred–if she lives through it. What should she do? This vivid depiction of romance, tragedy, and courage is based on the actual experiences of the author, who spent three years in the hospital, was courted by an Indian prince, and lost dear friends to tuberculosis.

The Year of My Indian Prince

Children's Books

Ellis, Ella Thorp

Literature & Fiction

Delacorte Books for Young Readers

It’s the summer of 1945, and April is delighted that the war is finally over and her beloved father is home again. But she has a nagging cough and a temperature, and she just can’t seem to get better. When she’s diagnosed with tuberculosis she’s in shock–all she knows about TB is that characters in novels die of it.Soon her world has changed from school and swim meets to long days of complete bed rest in a TB hospital. There she meets her roommate, the beautiful and desperately ill Nancie. There she also meets Ravi, the handsome Indian prince who begins courting her. But April is slowly getting sicker. There is one way out: radical surgery that will leave her scarred–if she lives through it. What should she do?This vivid depiction of romance, tragedy, and courage is based on the actual experiences of the author, who spent three years in the hospital, and was courted by an Indian prince.

Dell/Laurel-Leaf

"[An] intimate, eloqent novel."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)"When you are fourteen, you may swim with the whales," Papa had said. "I'll go with you and give you my blessing. . . ."Paolo and his father, a naturalist, live in a beautiful, isolated village in the Argentian region of Patagonia, where they spend their time exploring the land around them and the unusual animals who live there. But Paolo's dream of swimming with the whales will have to wait another year, as his life begins to take some unexpected turns. Paolo's father wants to send him away to San Francisco for a year to live with his mother. And his best friend, Luis, has suddenly become mean and difficult. Then an American family comes to the village and Paolo falls for Samantha, a nice girl his own age. But when Luis meets her, she seems to change too! Now Paolo is lonelier than ever--until one day when he discovers the strength he never thought he had, a strength that will help him to love and to let go. . . . "The relationships . . . are convincingly complex and human."--School Library Journal

Swimming with the Whales

Teen & Young Adult

Fawcett

While running away from his foster home, Pete runs into Barney and begins an adventure that takes him from California to the Virgin Islands.

Where the road ends

Atheneum

Dune Child is Ella Thorp Ellis’ compelling memoir of growing up in the Great Depression. Falling on hard times, her father, an agent for silent movie stars, and her mother, a beautiful, creative woman, migrated to a bohemian collective beach community in central California. Frequent visitors to the resident artists included 20th century notables such as John Steinbeck, Edward Weston, and Upton Sinclair. Thriving as the only child among supportive adults, in this memoir Ella Thorp Ellis tells the story of an extraordinary upbringing in a bountiful natural and human environment.

Dune Child

Biographies & Memoirs

Memoirs

Dune Child Press

Reaching the age when his father promised to teach him to swim with whales, Paolo is crushed when it is announced that he will go away to school instead and feels unsupported by his friends and uncertain of his future.

Swimming With the Whales

Henry Holt Co.

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The Year of My Indian Prince

The Year of My Indian Prince

Swimming with the Whales

Where the road ends

Dune Child

Swimming With the Whales