Award Name Independent Publisher Book Awards Award category Military/Wartime Fiction Immigrant Soldier, The Story of a Ritchie Boy, based on the true experiences of a refugee from Nazi Germany, combines a coming of age story with an immigrant tale and a World War II adventure.
On a cold November morning in 1938, Herman watches in horror as his cousin is arrested.
As a Jew, he realizes it is past time to flee Germany, a decision that catapults him from .