Seven Heavens Away Indigenous careful and concerned look at

careful and concerned look at our relationship with the wild

where a spectacular wild river—the Mutehekau or Magpie—is being defended from death by damming in a river-rights campaign led by an extraordinary Innu poet and leader called Rita Mestokosho

whether she is playing with her friends in their string quartet or playing fiddle for her Auntie Flora

The boy’s father doesn’t live with him anymore

Seven Heavens Away Indigenous careful and concerned look atSometimes 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