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Freckle Juice

by Judy Blume

A shortcut to freckles—and a lesson in consequences

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A shortcut to freckles—and a lesson in consequences

Andrew Marcus is set on having freckles like his classmate Nicky. Sharon offers a recipe for a homemade “freckle juice,” and Andrew eagerly mixes it from ingredients including grape juice, vinegar, and mustard. His experiment goes wrong, but he remains determined to find another way to get the look he wants and prove Sharon wrong. The premise turns a familiar childhood wish into a comic mix-up about envy, persuasion, and the gap between a tempting promise and what it delivers. At 64 pages, this short chapter-book story centers on Andrew’s increasingly questionable attempts to change his appearance.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8 who enjoy humorous fiction and school-centered stories.
  • Young readers interested in stories about wanting to look like someone else and figuring out what to do when a plan goes awry.

Themes

Envy and appearancePeer influenceExperimentation and consequences

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Book overview

What's a guy gotta do to get some freckles? This perennial bestselling favorite from Judy Blume has a fresh new look!

More than anything in the world, Andrew Marcus wants freckles. His classmate Nicky has freckles--they cover his face, his ears, and the whole back of his neck. But when Andrew asks Nicky where he got them, Nicky just says he was born with them. Some help he is!

That's when Sharon offers Andrew her secret freckle juice recipe--for fifty cents, she promises, Andrew can look just like Nicky. His freckleless days are over! He rushes home to whip up the concoction. Grape juice, vinegar, mustard...

But what starts out as a simple freckle juice recipe quickly turns into something disastrous. Andrew is still determined to get his freckles, and to show that pesky Sharon that she doesn't know everything--and he has the perfect solution! Or does he?
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