The Sniper / Riordan, James

Tania, recruited as a teen in 1942 by Vasily Zaitsev to seek out and shoot German officers, finds it difficult to kill until she learns the Nazis murdered her beloved grandparents, and her skill as a sniper leads to her being put in charge of a handpicked unit whose mission is to seize Field Marshall Paulus, commander-in-chief of the German army.

Based on a true story, Tania is a young sniper recruited by the Soviet Union to seek out and assassinate German officers. He is chosen to lead a handpicked unit to seize the commander of the invading army during the Battle of Stalingrad in the Second World War.