Iona Moon Over the years of my adolescence I personally have felt the need to run away at times. I have felt that in order for people to perceive me a certain way I must behave in a certain manner. It got to a point where I just did not care about anyone's opinion about myself but my own. In Melanie Rae Thon's novel, Iona Moon, the main character Iona thought in the same way …showed first 75 words of 745 total…

…showed last 75 words of 745 total…people would like her. Being fake brought her happiness for a while but in the end it hurt her greatly. Even when she went out to live on her own she struggled. Living in a strange room in a strange city was not exactly what she had in mind. However, she saw herself as an independent person and, with all the lonely nights she had she had time to think and find her true self.