Seven Heavens Away Indigenous and a nuclear physicist to

and a nuclear physicist to its ultimate resting place

” —Kirkus Reviews

Asako Yuzuki explores how far we’ll go to be seen and what happens when the ones who see us don’t like what they find

careful and concerned look at our relationship with the wild

and The Paris Review

Seven Heavens Away Indigenous and a nuclear physicist toSometimes you walk two steps and find yourself two alleys away, two gates away, two hills away, two seas away, two continents away, or seven heavens away. In this taut and heartbreaking debut novel, a Palestinian teenager comes of age amid escalating violence in Jerusalem. After their friend Hassan is killed by an Israeli, Aziz and Mustafa are shaken to their core, drawn into the orbit of Hassan's father a respected community leader known for his