SoldierX | |
Author: | Don L. Wulffson |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English (German at points) |
Genre: | World War II |
Publisher: | Penguin USA |
Release Date: | December 2002 |
Media Type: | Print (hardback and paperback |
Pages: | 227 pp |
Soldier X is a young adult war drama book written by Don Wulffson about a half-German and half-Russian boy named Erik Brandt who joins the Wehrmacht, Hitler's army, during World War II. The book tells about the war from the perspective of Erik Brandt as he leads a life as both a German and a Russian, as well as the ways in which war can affect a person.
The book won the 2002 Christopher Award for books for young adults,[1] and was on the 2002 National Council for the Social Studies list of notable books for young readers.[2]