Section 4: Chapter 6 & 7 Summary

In Chapter 6, Regan goes to the Materas' house to babysit. After Elise and David leave, Cody shows Regan his G. I. Joe and Mirelle sets up her Barbies, making Regan think they fit gender expectations. People accept others as long as they move along their own gender scale, but Liam was born off both scales; he is a girl, but his body betrays him. Though he is good at pretending to be a boy, he is jealous of girls who are what he wants to be but never can. That night, Luna wakes Regan from a happy dream where she is singing at the Met to ask her opinion of his outfit for everyday wear. Luna poses and preens, something she can do for hours. Liam shattered his own mirror because he hates the way he looks, but Luna cannot seem...