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Captured! A Boy Trapped in the Civil War
Mary Blair Immel
Hardcover (Indiana Historical Society, Sept. 1, 2005)Fourteen-year-old Johnny Ables, pressed into service in the Confederate army, is forced to participate in a major Civil War battle and ends up in an Indiana prison camp. Based on the true story of a real boy.
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Captured! A Boy Trapped in the Civil War
Mary Blair Immel
Paperback (Indiana Historical Society, Sept. 1, 2005)Fourteen-year-old Johnny Ables, pressed into service in the Confederate army, is forced to participate in a major Civil War battle and ends up in an Indiana prison camp. Based on the true story of a real boy.
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The Up and Down Book
Mary Blair
Board book (Random House Books for Young Readers, May 7, 2019)THE BUG CRAWLS UP. The bug crawls down. . . . My umbrella goes up when the rain comes down. Mary Blair’s bright, whimsical artwork captures the wonderment of children exploring their world. Sturdy board pages will let children enjoy this classic again and again.
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Giant Steps;Suffragettes and Soldiers
Mary Blair Immel
Paperback (Indiana Historical Society, March 10, 2017)As Giant Steps opens, Bernie Epperson, age thirteen, of Lafayette, Indiana, is wrestling with the double standards placed on her compared with her brothers. Soon her cousin awakens her to all the unfair restrictions women face, and Bernie becomes a suffragette. Meanwhile, World War I begins. Her family is devastated when her brothers become soldiers, and Bernie must decide how to help the war effort and continue to fight for the rights of women. While this story is fictional, the details of the suffrage movement and the war efforts of ordinary Americans are true. Middle and high school students will relate to Bernie and her brothers dilemmas a century ago because they also face making decisions in a turbulent world while sifting through contradictory news and changing wisdom.
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Captured! A Boy Trapped in the Civil War by Mary Blair Immel
Mary Blair Immel
Paperback (Indiana Historical Society, March 15, 1696)None
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Giant Steps: Suffragettes and Soldiers
Mary Blair Immel
Hardcover (Indiana Historical Society, March 10, 2017)Bernie just wants to have fun with her older brothers but is always told to be more ladylike. When her cousins and aunt introduce her to the fight for women's suffrage, she's inspired to make her voice heard. But what will happen when she's caught in the middle of the suffrage movement while supporting her brothers and the effort to win World War I?
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No Longer Sings the Brown Thrush
Mary Blair Immel, Patrice Holt
Paperback (Chalice Pr, May 1, 1988)After her father is killed in battle in 1864, twelve-year-old Tildy and her family reluctantly move to Maryland where Tildy learns of a plot to assassinate President Lincoln.
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By Mary Blair Immel Captured! A Boy Trapped in the Civil War
Mary Blair Immel
Paperback (Indiana Historical Society, Sept. 1, 2005)Excellent Book
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Giant Steps: Suffragettes and Soldiers
Mary Blair Immel
eBook (Indiana Historical Society Press, May 1, 2017)As Giant Steps opens, thirteen-year-old Bernie Epperson of Lafayette, Indiana, is wrestling with double standards placed on her compared with her brothers. Soon her cousin awakens her to all the unfair restrictions women face, and Bernie becomes a suffragette. Meanwhile, World War I begins. Her family is devastated when her brothers become soldiers, and Bernie must decide how to help the war effort and continue to fight for women’s rights. While this story is fictional, the details of the suffrage movement and the war efforts of ordinary Americans are true. Middle and high school students will relate to Bernie and her brothers’ dilemmas a century ago because they also face making decisions in a turbulent world while sifting through contradictory news and changing wisdom.