At the B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog Joel Cunningham tagged
four top stories with awesome autistic protagonists, including:
An Unkindness of Ghosts, by Rivers Solomon
Aster is a Black intersex autistic woman who lives on a theocratic generation ship. Treated as a slave because of her race and the deck where she grew up, Aster has also managed to pick up skill as a medic and connections on the upper decks. She believes she can use them – and a set of mysterious notes left by her dead mother – to tear her oppressive society down. This is a dark book in which the characters are treated brutally, but also a powerful one. For me, the nuances of how Aster’s peers deal with mental illness, neurodivergence, and trauma are especially fascinating.
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another entry on the list.
An Unkindness of Ghosts is among
Joel Cunningham's top11 sci-fi & fantasy books or series with a powerful message of social justice.
--Marshal Zeringue
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