It's been a fairly long while, with the internet backed up and all. I'll go bug my dad about it. 12 days since the last post!
Luna
Luna, by Julie Anne Peters, is a literary fiction novel for young adults. Regan, a fifteen-year old girl, has a transgender brother, Luna/Liam. Regan wrestles with the burden of protecting her brothers' secret and is the only one who fully understands who, and why, he is a girl on the inside. Liam is a seventeen year old senior in high school who takes honour papers in Physics, while Regan has trouble figuring out Chem I and her lab partner. When Liam meets another TG, or transgirl, over the internet, he decides it is time to transition. That is, to become a girl on the outside. Will Luna manage to emerge from her chrysalis and reveal herself to everyone who accepts her as a boy? Regan struggles with her brothers' decision and his overeliance on her to keep him protected, all the while juggling school and her personal life.
In my opinion, Luna is ideal for young people to understand and empathise (not sympathise) with transgenders and their personal conflicts. Usually transgenders are regarded as outcasts, ostracised and discriminated against. Young people, especially Singaporeans, need to be more aware of their needs, and it may inspire teens with similar conflicts to come to terms with themselves, or if they wish, transition. I recommend this book to all teens, or maybe even adults who wish to identify with Liam, as it is an enlightening read.

Oh jeez that sounded like a school report. Charisse might be interested in this kind of thing though. You can ask me for Luna if you want a read(: I'm trying to read a midsummer night's dream now, but it is a little difficult with shakespearean language even though they have annotations and trying to make myself finish it before I go to borrow xenocide or an orson scott card. I sound juvenile and unappreciative of proper literature by not wanting to read a midsummer nights' dream. But I didn't read anything good, or rather, anything at all during obs and its taking its toll.
But don't get me wrong- obs was really really fun with things like mawpee and other stupid jokes. ohoh and on the first night there was a moth on the wall, and eliza was like: what if the moth flies into your mouth? you get butterflies in your stomach! and if this is a _ what is this_ jokes. obs was different from training camp in the sense that it wasn't so rushed, and I gained a lot more personally than bonding as a group. Chu Ai (my instructor) was also very nice, explaining the purpose and objectives of every activity, and structuring what we gained and learnt; naming the things we felt- I can't say this- naming like in Madeline L'engle. So now I know exactly what I have been through and not this blurry mess of feelings right after. I miss my bunk and the people in my watch and trying really hard. So now I've got to put the things I am facing now into context- eg homework- and get as much out of it as I possibly can. (as much as I put in) Oh and I have to say thankyou very much to everyone who encouraged me like jan and andrea and meijia and bubbles and jiayi and fiona and wanting and aeva and yenlin and the rest of my watchmates. This sounds like the bleeding emmys.
Ahh I cant wait for december boys and stardust and coraline and ootp and ooh romeo and juliet the ballet!! next month yay and we must never forget phantom.
ps mum went to rain's concert last night. I wonder what bella would think.