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Luna by Julie Anne Peters
Title: Luna
Author: Julie Anne Peters
Number of Pages: 248 pages
Book Number/Goal: 29/75 for 2009
My Rating: 5/5
Regan's life is complicated. There's family problems and high school problems and then there's Luna, her brother. Or rather, the girl her brother wants to be.
Though the book is titled Luna, this is really Regan's story. It's about her living with this secret all her life and finally accepting what it really means. I liked Regan a lot. Her conflicted feelings felt very realistic.
The portrayal of Luna was really good, too, though I cringed at the mention of Harry Benjamin Syndrome. Yes, Luna is just a teenager googling stuff on the internet, but I wish the author had not gone there. I doubt she even realised that HBS is a rather fraught subject, not just another name for transgender/transsexual.
Overall I really enjoyed this, though I wish there were more young adult books about being trans, rather than just being the sister of someone trans.
Mooch from BookMooch.
Author: Julie Anne Peters
Number of Pages: 248 pages
Book Number/Goal: 29/75 for 2009
My Rating: 5/5
Regan's life is complicated. There's family problems and high school problems and then there's Luna, her brother. Or rather, the girl her brother wants to be.
Though the book is titled Luna, this is really Regan's story. It's about her living with this secret all her life and finally accepting what it really means. I liked Regan a lot. Her conflicted feelings felt very realistic.
The portrayal of Luna was really good, too, though I cringed at the mention of Harry Benjamin Syndrome. Yes, Luna is just a teenager googling stuff on the internet, but I wish the author had not gone there. I doubt she even realised that HBS is a rather fraught subject, not just another name for transgender/transsexual.
Overall I really enjoyed this, though I wish there were more young adult books about being trans, rather than just being the sister of someone trans.
Mooch from BookMooch.