"Aster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her ogre and freak. She's used to the names; she only wishes there was more truth to them. If she were truly a monster, she'd be powerful enough to tear down the walls around her until nothing remains of her world. Aster lives in the lowdeck slums of the HSS Matilda, a space vessel organized much like the antebellum South. For generations, Matilda has ferried the last of humanity to a mythical Promised Land. On its way, the ship's leaders have imposed harsh moral restrictions and deep indignities on dark-skinned sharecroppers like Aster. Embroiled in a grudge with a brutal overseer, Aster learns there may be a way to improve her lot--if she's willing to sow the seeds of civil war"--Page 4 of cover.
A generation ship, incredibly diverse characters, oppression and uprising, and let's not forget the wonderful examples of consent. This is sci-fi awesomeness. It needs to be a movie or TV series. It has everything you expect in a dystopian novel, plus so many elements that marginalized readers often miss out on in a reading experience. You just can't beat the rep in this novel. And that ending! #ownvoices
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