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You really need to read the book called Soldier X. The author is Don Wulffson. It is an amazing book. You should read this book because at first this book seemed like a true story. Actually it is a realistic fiction. It explained the setting like you were there. It is about World War II. There is a lot of action in the book and it was like I could smell the gunpowder. I will tell you about this book and you are going to want to read it. This will be the only book you will want to read for the rest of your life.

To start with, the plot is very interesting. There is a guy named X and he is only sixteen years old.Hitler wanted him to be in his army. X makes lots of friends. It didn’t seem as bad as everyone else said it was. Until, they had to go out and fight for there lives. A lot of people lost their lives but at least they were serving for their country. Just kidding, they were serving for that nasty Hitler who wanted to take over the world and make it perfect. To do that he needs to get rid of some people and it is really mean, sad, and dumb. So as I was saying, X was going into the battle field. He wasn’t doing as much fighting but at least he was still staying alive. Until the Germans were calling for an artillery attack. In case you didn’t know an artillery attack is where they use heavy weapons like cannons and air strikes and things to blow everyone up. When the artillery was over, he was the last one left. He saw a small group of Russians to examine if everyone was dead. So X had to think of something fast. He saw a dead Russian and switched uniforms with him. The men coming toward him thought X was a Russian because he dressed in the Russians uniform. So he was safe, for now.

Another thing is the characters. The characters in this book are what makes this story awesome. The character's names are Erik Brandt (also known as X), and Tamara. Tamara is a girl that X met in the hospital when he got shot. She was a very generous nurse that helped X a lot. When X first laid his eyes on her, he was in love. What I like most about the characters are they are very brave and confident and they will never give up. All of that leads them into a fantastic adventure. Another reason, X kind of reminds me of myself. When he gets shot a couple times, he doesn’t want to give up, he just wants to keep trying. I was seriously hurt one time because I got a concussion. I felt terrible like I was about to fall in a coma or I was just going to faint, but I didn’t. I got the concussion from playing football and I wanted to keep playing but I wasn’t aloud to or I could have gotten even more hurt. So I stopped but it really put me down that I had to quit for the rest of the year.

In my opinion, I think the theme of this book is to never give up or love can be almost everywhere. I think that because X is seriously injured, but he still goes out there and fights. I also think that love can be anywhere because X is fighting in World War ll. He gets hurt and is sent off to a Russian hospital. That is where X found the Tamara. The place where you would least expect to find love. Somewhere out there in the middle of war and X finds who is meant for him. Now that right there, is just a once in a lifetime thing. I think one thing that makes the story unique is how the author puts so much detail in the book that it feels like you are actually there. While I was reading the book, it felt like a bunch of gun fire zooming past my head. An award that Soldier X won was called the 2002 Christopher Award.

So as you can see, there are a lot of spectacular things about this book. For instance, the plot, the characters, and also other amazing things. I highly recommend reading this book because of all the action, danger, and excitement. So if I were you, I would leap in my car and speed the whole way to the book store before Soldier X is out of stock.