She avoids other students in order to keep her "brother's" secret of being transgender, but holds a babysitting job with a neighboring family. She is a 16-year-old sophomore in high school. Regan: The story is told from Regan's point of view. Alongside her, Regan learns to stand her ground, to think more of herself, and discovers the person she wants to be. Consumed by the workload of her wedding planning business, the mother is constantly out of the house and distant from her family.ĭespite the tensions and the negativity weighing on her choice, Luna fights for her right to be the person she feels that she was meant to be. Meanwhile, their mother remains oblivious to the rising tension in the household. Regan’s father confides in her that he believes Luna is gay. Although Regan enjoys attention from Chris, she draws away from him, choosing to stay focused on Luna.Īs Luna is coming out more, her father starts to notice differences in his child and tries to push a more masculine role onto Luna. But a new boy at school, Chris, becomes interested in her. She spends most of her life avoiding other students, in fear of letting the secret slip. Other problems arise for Regan as she is attending high school. The novel follows Regan as she makes sense of her sister’s decision. Luna asks Regan to help her with her transitioning and, although she agrees, she finds herself worried about Luna and her safety. After years of ‘transforming’ only at night, Luna confides in her sister that she wants to transition into a full-time female. Later, she changes her female name to Luna, which means " moon", to reflect that her true identity could only be seen at night. But at night, Luna is allowed to be her true self: Lia Marie, a girl. During the day, Luna pretends to be an average senior boy named Liam.
Luna follows the life of sixteen-year-old Regan as she keeps the secret of her older sister Luna's transgender identity. Luna is a young adult novel, by Julie Anne Peters, and was first published in 2004.
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