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Regan's brother Liam can't stand the person he is during the day. Like the moon from whom Liam has chosen his female namesake, his true self, Luna, only reveals herself at night. In the secrecy of his basement bedroom Liam transforms himself into the beautiful girl he longs to be, with help from his sister's clothes and makeup. Now, everything is about to change - Luna is preparing to emerge from her cocoon. But are Liam's family and friends ready to welcome Luna into their lives?

En una novela generacional centrada en los inciertos años noventa, cuando en el Perú vivíamos bajo un gobierno autoritario que buscaba atornillarse en el poder, con los crecientes tentáculos de su corrupción los rezagos del terror y la promesa de una modernización a cualquier costo. En medio del desencanto y la frustración, los jóvenes de entonces también encontraban evasiones y refugios como la juerga como la amistad. Y todo eso era parte de una desesperada carrera hacia adelante, de una búsqueda imprescindible del futuro.

Luna-C is madness for music, for performing. Luna-C is two friends, one dream, one man. It's an obsession and a gift, a sacrifice and a celebration. Luna-C is the story of a band, and the people in it.

Angel has just lost her father, and her mother's grief means she might as well be gone, too. She's got a sister and a grandmother to look out for, and a burgeoning consciousness of the unfairness in the world - in her family, her community, and her country. Set against the backdrop of the second Philippine People Power Revolution in 2001, the contemporary struggles of surviving Filipina "Comfort Women" of WWII, and a cold winter’s season in the city of Chicago is the story of a daughter coming of age, coming to forgiveness, and learning to move past the chaos of grief to survive.

Ungdomsroman om Luna, som er ved at blive kvalt af sin mors druk og løgne. Luna er vant til at tage ansvar for sin mors liv, men hendes grænse er nået, og hun må væk. En historie om kærlighed, svigt og om at føle sig udenfor. Studieturen med gymnasieklassen er Lunas vej ud og væk fra sin mor. Luna pakker sit tegnegrej og planlægger at blive i Paris, hvor hun kan være sig selv og måske leve af at tegne. Det er i hvert fald planen … Hvem kender Luna? indgår i forlagets Zoom serie. Stærke ungdomsbøger, der er lette at læse.