Books for Adults - The Seventh Gate

The Seventh Gate is the story of teenager Sophie who lives in Berlin with a Communist father, an overbearing mother and a seemingly autistic brother. The cast of characters is huge, including Isaac Zarco, a Jewish expert on the Kabbalah, and a number of circus performers, most of whom have disabilities or deformities. As Sophie gets drawn into this circle of people who would later suffer at the hands of the Nazis, at the same time as her own parents get drawn into the Nazi party she finds herself living a double life. To make life even more complicated, she is love with a young Nazi, despite hating the ideas he stands for.

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