This nov­el grabs the read­er from its first para­graph. For the past twelve years, Gretchen Müller has basked in the lov­ing pro­tec­tion of her Uncle ​“Dolf.” He has practi­cally adopt­ed Gretchen and her fam­i­ly ever since her father was killed while shield­ing ​“Uncle Dolf” from a bul­let, tak­ing it in his own chest. ​“Uncle Dolf”, you see, is Adolf Hitler. Gretchen and her broth­er, with two friends, are has­ten­ing in the big Daim­ler to keep a rare invi­ta­tion to after­noon cof­fee with their busy ​“uncle” when her hot-tem­pered broth­er spots a Hasidic man ahead, speeds up, stops the car and jumps out. He and his friend start to beat the help­less man. Gretchen is aghast. Not only would they be late, but also ​“Uncle Dolf” has warned his fol­low­ers to stop act­ing like hood­lums, has told them that they are giv­ing the Nazi Par­ty a bad rep­u­ta­tion and that it would inter­fere with his get­ting elect­ed. She has to stop her broth­er for ​“Uncle Dolf’s” sake. After sav­ing the beard­ed man from fur­ther may­hem and the appear­ance of a police­man, Gretchen is approached by a hand­some young Jew­ish reporter who has some­thing impor­tant to tell her, some­thing that will change her life, some­thing spun out in the pages of this remark­able book which this review­er could not put down until fin­ished. The author explains some points in the author’s note. This is a win­ner! Bib­li­og­ra­phy append­ed. High­ly rec­om­mend­ed for ages 12 – 16.