# When

**Author:** Laurie McBain
**Grade range:** Grades 6–8
**Age range:** 11–13
**First published:** 1985
**Page count:** 678
**Genre:** Historical Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9781484700082`
**ISBN-10:** `1484700082`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/when
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Themes

- american west
- antebellum south
- brothers
- civil war

## Where this book is assigned

### Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award

- **recommended** · 6th grade · Maryland — [source: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 2017 winner (Grades 6-8)](https://www.maslmd.org/past-winners)
- **recommended** · 7th grade · Maryland — [source: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 2017 winner (Grades 6-8)](https://www.maslmd.org/past-winners)
- **recommended** · 8th grade · Maryland — [source: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 2017 winner (Grades 6-8)](https://www.maslmd.org/past-winners)

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