The book takes place on the Matilda, a big spaceship headed to who knows where fleeing from a ravaged planet that is not not habitable anymore. The upper decks are where the rich white people live and the lower decks are where like the brown and black, yeah, downtrodden working class people live. It was kind of sad and it reflected many of the racial and class divisions that are present in our society today. Like Solomon themselves seems to be on the autism spectrum with delayed speech and inability to lie and read facial and social cues.