Read Chapters 7-9 of Luna. Then address the following questions:

Then respond to each of the following prompts:

1. How are the two main characters dependent upon one another?

2. What has Regan learned about transgenders in these chapters?

3. How would you describe Luna's parents? Give at least one detail from the story to support your response.

4. Do you think the author is depicting this situation in a realistic manner? Explain your answer.

5. Imagine that the author wrote the story with Regan as the transgender character. Do you think the family and friends from the story would treat her differently than a transgender Liam/Luna?

6. When Regan and Liam discuss their mother, Liam defends her by saying, "She only wants to be fulfilled. As a whole person. She wants her life to count." (p. 59). How are these words significant to Liam's own struggles?

7. Liam asks Regan this question, "You don't believe we can engineer our own destinies?" (p. 60). What is Regan's response? What would be your response to that question?

8. Describe the pill incident from Ch. 8. How has this incident changed the relationship between Liam and Regan. Why has it had such an impact on the two of them?

9. What is an SRS? How has Liam's revelation of this affected his sister?

10. Explain how Liam's needs are affecting Regan's own personal life.