Soldier X

{{Short description|Book by Don L. Wulffson}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox book | name = SoldierX | image = Soldier X cover.JPG | caption = Cover of SoldierX: depicting the swastika and a boy wearing a Russian fur hat | illustrator = | cover_artist = | author = Don L. Wulffson | country = United States | language = English (German at points) | series = | genre = World War II | publisher = Penguin USA | release_date = December 2002 | media_type = Print (hardback and paperback | pages = 227 pp | isbn = | preceded_by = | followed_by = }}

'''''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,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.christophers.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?pid=260&srcid=563 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120728173116/http://www.christophers.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?pid=260&srcid=563 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-28 |title=The 2002 Christopher Award Winners |access-date=2008-04-10 |work=The Christophers }}</ref> and was on the 2002 National Council for the Social Studies list of notable books for young readers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://downloads.ncss.org/notable/notable2002.pdf |title=Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People |accessdate=2008-04-10 |work=Social Education |publisher=National Council for the Social Studies }}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

Category:2003 American novels Category:2003 English-language novels Category:American young adult novels Category:Novels set during World War II Category:Novels set in Europe