Luna Analysis

The O'Neill house is pretty bland, but it's where most of the action takes place—it's inside the walls of this house that Regan and Liam interact the most as siblings. And it's within these wa...

It's interesting that though the story is called Luna, it actually isn't told from Luna's perspective—nope, we're firmly planted inside Regan's head for this tale. By removing the narrator by one...

Young Adult LiteratureAll of the main characters in Luna happen to be teenagers, so it's no wonder that this is definitely a book geared toward young adults. Both Luna and Regan are coming to terms...

Because the whole tale is told from the perspective of Regan, a teenage girl, the tone can definitely take on her moody state of mind. Throughout the book Regan is trying to deal with living her ow...

Regan is the narrator in Luna, and so the writing style comes across as pretty conversational and even confessional, even though Regan doesn't really open up to other people in normal life. In the...

The title of Luna is quite simple—it is the name that Regan's brother Liam has chosen to represent his true female self. It's an interesting title because it proclaims Liam's chosen name—instea...

The ending of Luna is pretty dramatic. After a big blowout with their dad, Luna decides to go to Seattle in order to start her life and transition. As Regan watches her board the train, she says a...

Though Luna is a pretty easy book to read in terms of language, it deals with themes and topics that may be difficult to grasp. Luna is a character who happens to be transgender; by day she dresses...

About A BoyAt the very beginning, everything is as it always has been in the O'Neill household—Regan is protecting her older brother Liam by keeping his secret. He is secretly transgender but tot...

Luna doesn't just show up in Regan's bedroom at night demanding to be seen—apparently the idea for Luna came to author Julie Anne Peters in the middle of the night as well. (Source.) Julie Anne P...

Even though no one gets any action in this book—disappointing for teenagers, we know—there are still pretty explicit descriptions of body parts when talking about how Luna wants to fully transi...

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