This paper deals with Liam who tries to hide himself throughout the day and as Luna in the night as the moon reveals him. The gender that he tries to be will not be accepted by the society when he identifies himself to be a girl inside and is scared to live the life he wishes to and the struggle that he undergoes to face the world in the identity he wishes to be is what the paper deals with.

The story deals with the boy who searches for his identity, within his dual identity. The boy who changes his name into female as “Luna” from “Liam”. The name “Luna” means moon. He is compared to moon light because he only reveals his true self in the night. His identity is considered by Regan, his lovable sister as, “It must be horrible to be in the wrong body, to have this dual identity” (LUNA 2). Luna is the first young adult novel to capture the trials and tribulations faced by teenagers which also called as Genetic Identity Disorder (GID).