Request #271 From Katie

I’ve been looking for the name of this short story for ages! I read a short novel in 8th grade set in a dystopian world. The main character lived in a government setting and only ate wafers for nutrition. They paid people in tokens, and her mother only had her because it was a year she’d earn more tokens. She eventually escaped with a stranger who lived ‘on the outside’ and she was exposed to sunlight. She got terrible sunburn. She also tried an orange (tried to eat it with the rind on) and chicken for the first time, which tasted amazing. She eventually lived with his family.