Gary Lutz is constantly picked on by bullies, so when he has a chance to switch bodies with another child, he jumps at the chance. But things don't go according to plan. Somehow it ends up in the body of a bee.
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RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 1993. The story of a dystopian community ruled by the Committee of Elders, which tightly controls every aspect of society. When 12-year-old Jonas is granted the highest job in the society, Receiver of Memory, he learns from the Giver all that has been sacrificed in the name of order and sameness.