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Twelve year old Gary Lutz is a wimpy boy who is often bullied by Barry, Marv, and Karl, calling him "Lutz". He is afraid of bees, which isn't helped by his unfriendly neighbor, Mr. Andretti, who takes care of some beehives. Gary's favorite hobby, playing an action-adventure computer game, results in his finding a computer bulletin advertisting a company where one can switch bodies with another person. Gary goes through it and accidentally turns into a bee that had flown into the machine, while his swap-partner takes over his body and the bee's mind takes over his swap-partner's body. Gary's swap partner helps him by punching one of his bullies in the face and scares them from bullying Gary ever again. In the end, Gary switches back as his normal self again, but has some skills from his swap buddy. Gary is stronger, can skateboard really well, and has a strange appetite for pollen once in a while. |
Twelve year old Gary Lutz is a wimpy boy who is often bullied by Barry, Marv, and Karl, calling him "Lutz". He is afraid of bees, which isn't helped by his unfriendly neighbor, Mr. Andretti, who takes care of some beehives. Gary's favorite hobby, playing an action-adventure computer game, results in his finding a computer bulletin advertisting a company where one can switch bodies with another person. Gary goes through it and accidentally turns into a bee that had flown into the machine, while his swap-partner takes over his body and the bee's mind takes over his swap-partner's body. Gary's swap partner helps him by punching one of his bullies in the face and scares them from bullying Gary ever again. In the end, Gary switches back as his normal self again, but has some skills from his swap buddy. Gary is stronger, can skateboard really well, and has a strange appetite for pollen once in a while. |
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He's no ordinary human bee-ing |
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Revision as of 06:15, 24 April 2008
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| Author | R.L. Stine |
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| Cover artist | Tim Jacobus |
| Language | English |
| Series | Goosebumps |
| Genre | Horror fiction, Children's literature |
| Publisher | Scholastic |
Publication date | March 1, 1994 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 117 p. |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-590-47739-0 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| Preceded by | One Day At Horrorland |
| Followed by | Monster Blood II |
Why I'm Afraid of Bees is the 17th book in R.L. Stine's Goosebumps series.
Plot
Twelve year old Gary Lutz is a wimpy boy who is often bullied by Barry, Marv, and Karl, calling him "Lutz". He is afraid of bees, which isn't helped by his unfriendly neighbor, Mr. Andretti, who takes care of some beehives. Gary's favorite hobby, playing an action-adventure computer game, results in his finding a computer bulletin advertisting a company where one can switch bodies with another person. Gary goes through it and accidentally turns into a bee that had flown into the machine, while his swap-partner takes over his body and the bee's mind takes over his swap-partner's body. Gary's swap partner helps him by punching one of his bullies in the face and scares them from bullying Gary ever again. In the end, Gary switches back as his normal self again, but has some skills from his swap buddy. Gary is stronger, can skateboard really well, and has a strange appetite for pollen once in a while.
Tagline
He's no ordinary human bee-ing