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| '''''Freckle Juice''''' (ISBN |
'''''Freckle Juice''''' ({{ISBN|0-440-42813-0}}) is a ] children's ] by ] with illustrations by Sonia O. Lisker. It is about a ] ] who wants to have ].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Woodson |first=Leland |date=12 December 1971 |title=Ages 7-10 Will Like This Tale |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/717626087/?terms=Freckle%20Juice&match=1 |access-date=3 February 2024 |work=] |pages=7}}</ref> | ||
| == Summary == | == Summary == | ||
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Andrew Marcus desperately wants to have freckles like his classmate, Nicky Lane whom he sits behind. Nicky has millions of them on his face and back of his neck (about eighty six million of them), and Andrew wants some very badly just so that his mother will never notice when his neck is dirty so he will not be late for school. While Andrew and his classmates are reading, he tries to count his (eighty six million) freckles. But when Andrew gets to eighty-six, his teacher --just when he is at eighty six-- Miss Kelly (who caught him counting) asks if he's paying attention. | ||
| Nicky had lots and lots of freckles, but Andrew didn't. So Andrew wondered how he was going to get them. He asks Nicky how he got freckles and he tells Andrew that he was born with them. | |||
| After asking Nicky how he got his freckles, and getting the expected answer ("you get born with them"), a girl in his class named Sharon, who often fools him by using sneaky tricks, tells him he can get freckles by drinking a concoction that she claims she used to get freckles. At first, Andrew does not believe her. Sharon then tells Andrew to look closely and Andrew observes that Sharon has six freckles on her nose. She gives him the recipe for "Freckle Juice" for fifty cents. He thinks it is ridiculous that he has to use five weeks worth of allowance for a recipe, but he is dying to get freckles. After school, he runs home to make the recipe which calls for several disgusting ingredients (some of which he did not have and had to use substitutes). He ends up drinking it, after which he gets very sick. His mother comes home, notices how sick he looks, and puts him to bed immediately. She gives him ] to get better. That night he has a nightmare about being bullied by a monster which looks like a gigantic Sharon, who forces him to drink quarts of Freckle Juice, but only makes the monster gain freckles. Because he still feels queasy, Andrew stays home from school the following morning, but gradually recovers that afternoon. The following day he is healthy enough to go to school, but must think of a way to convince Sharon he got freckles. | |||
| Andrew's classmate, Sharon, sells him a recipe for a so-called potion called "freckle juice" for fifty cents, which she claims will allow him to sprout freckles just like Nicky's. Andrew points out that Sharon doesn't even have freckles herself, but Sharon responds she does have six freckles on her nose, and was content with that. She claims the more freckle juice one drinks, the more freckles one can get. Andrew, after some thought, opts to accept the deal. | |||
| Before he goes to school, Andrew tried to find a brown marker but could not find one so he used a blue marker to draw several little dots on his face. He believes this will make him look like he got freckles, which would prove Sharon wrong. He realises that her recipe was only a joke to fool him. He is angry and frustrated because he was the victim of a prank. Unfortunately, everybody, including Sharon, sees through this idea and ends up laughing at him. | |||
| At home, Andrew reads the recipe, which claims that one glass of "freckle juice" will create an average amount of freckles, and two glasses will create what Nicky Lane's face and back of neck looks like, and it will work faster if its consumed faster. The recipe consists of mixing up grape juice with other weird assorted condiments, which Andrew does. However, he finds the completed product putrid smelling and terrible tasting, but he still reluctantly gulps a glass down, and (after trying the potion) crawls to a mirror to see if it works. While waiting, Andrew becomes extremely sick with nausea by turning green. When his mother comes home from playing cards, she sees him in his sickened state, and is initially panic-stricken. However, upon seeing the mess (and the recipe for the "Freckle Juice" potion) Andrew left behind, she becomes quite outraged, chews Andrew out, gives him some pink medicine, and puts him to bed. That night, Andrew has a nightmare about a monster, resembling Sharon, who force feeds Andrew gallons of "freckle juice", and gets the freckles, rather than Andrew. | |||
| Miss Kelly gives Andrew her secret formula for removing freckles. It seems to be a powerful lemony soap that cleanses magic marker stains. Ironically, Nicky Lane, the boy he envied because of his real freckles, asks her if he could use the secret formula as well because he hates them. Miss Kelly explains freckles did not look good on Andrew, but are fine on Nicky and that she hopes the "secret formula" will never be used again. Later, Sharon whispers to Nicky about this recipe for a concoction that can get rid of his freckles. Andrew takes pleasure when Sharon makes a big frog face at him. | |||
| Andrew is still feeling unwell the following day, and stays home from school, but the day after that, he is recovered. Realizing that Sharon had only swindled him, Andrew dots his face and neck with a blue ] near the window of a car (since he had no luck finding a brown one) to try to show her that the "freckle juice" had worked. Unfortunately for him, no one is fooled by his drawn-on freckles and laughs at him. After recess, Miss Kelly kindly sends him to the restroom with her "secret formula" for removing freckles, which turns out to be a bar of lemon-scented soap. Andrew washes his "freckles" off and humbly returns to class, where Miss Kelly tells him that he is a very handsome boy without freckles. Suddenly, Nicky then asks her for the "magic freckle remover", claiming that he hates his freckles, but she tells him they did not look right on Andrew, but that he looks wonderful ''with'' them. The story ends with Sharon trying to sell him her "secret recipe" for a so-called potion for ''removing'' freckles. | |||
| == Reviews == | == Reviews == | ||
| {{Uncited section|date=January 2023}} | |||
| ⚫ | "This convincing small boy adventure proceeds smoothly to a satisfying conclusion. The conniving little girl, understanding teacher, and feckless, freckleless boy are amusingly depicted in the impish black-and-white illustrations and in the story which is especially suited for reading aloud to second-and third-graders." |
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| ⚫ | "This convincing small boy adventure proceeds smoothly to a satisfying conclusion. The conniving little girl, understanding teacher, and feckless, freckleless boy are amusingly depicted in the impish black-and-white illustrations and in the story which is especially suited for reading aloud to second-and third-graders." —'']'' | ||
| ⚫ | "Spontaneous humor, sure to appeal to the youngest reader. The amusing sketches and the well-spaced type make an inviting volume." |
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| ⚫ | "Spontaneous humor, sure to appeal to the youngest reader. The amusing sketches and the well-spaced type make an inviting volume." —'']'' | ||
| == References == | == References == | ||
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1971 children's book by Judy Blume First edition | |
| Author | Judy Blume |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Sonia O. Lisker |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Four Winds Press |
| Publication date | 1971 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 47 pp |
| ISBN | 0-440-42813-0 |
| OCLC | 16245047 |
| LC Class | MLCS 2006/13892 (P) |
Freckle Juice (ISBN 0-440-42813-0) is a 1971 children's chapter book by Judy Blume with illustrations by Sonia O. Lisker. It is about a second grade student who wants to have freckles.
Summary
Andrew Marcus desperately wants to have freckles like his classmate, Nicky Lane whom he sits behind. Nicky has millions of them on his face and back of his neck (about eighty six million of them), and Andrew wants some very badly just so that his mother will never notice when his neck is dirty so he will not be late for school. While Andrew and his classmates are reading, he tries to count his (eighty six million) freckles. But when Andrew gets to eighty-six, his teacher --just when he is at eighty six-- Miss Kelly (who caught him counting) asks if he's paying attention.
Nicky had lots and lots of freckles, but Andrew didn't. So Andrew wondered how he was going to get them. He asks Nicky how he got freckles and he tells Andrew that he was born with them.
Andrew's classmate, Sharon, sells him a recipe for a so-called potion called "freckle juice" for fifty cents, which she claims will allow him to sprout freckles just like Nicky's. Andrew points out that Sharon doesn't even have freckles herself, but Sharon responds she does have six freckles on her nose, and was content with that. She claims the more freckle juice one drinks, the more freckles one can get. Andrew, after some thought, opts to accept the deal.
At home, Andrew reads the recipe, which claims that one glass of "freckle juice" will create an average amount of freckles, and two glasses will create what Nicky Lane's face and back of neck looks like, and it will work faster if its consumed faster. The recipe consists of mixing up grape juice with other weird assorted condiments, which Andrew does. However, he finds the completed product putrid smelling and terrible tasting, but he still reluctantly gulps a glass down, and (after trying the potion) crawls to a mirror to see if it works. While waiting, Andrew becomes extremely sick with nausea by turning green. When his mother comes home from playing cards, she sees him in his sickened state, and is initially panic-stricken. However, upon seeing the mess (and the recipe for the "Freckle Juice" potion) Andrew left behind, she becomes quite outraged, chews Andrew out, gives him some pink medicine, and puts him to bed. That night, Andrew has a nightmare about a monster, resembling Sharon, who force feeds Andrew gallons of "freckle juice", and gets the freckles, rather than Andrew.
Andrew is still feeling unwell the following day, and stays home from school, but the day after that, he is recovered. Realizing that Sharon had only swindled him, Andrew dots his face and neck with a blue magic marker near the window of a car (since he had no luck finding a brown one) to try to show her that the "freckle juice" had worked. Unfortunately for him, no one is fooled by his drawn-on freckles and laughs at him. After recess, Miss Kelly kindly sends him to the restroom with her "secret formula" for removing freckles, which turns out to be a bar of lemon-scented soap. Andrew washes his "freckles" off and humbly returns to class, where Miss Kelly tells him that he is a very handsome boy without freckles. Suddenly, Nicky then asks her for the "magic freckle remover", claiming that he hates his freckles, but she tells him they did not look right on Andrew, but that he looks wonderful with them. The story ends with Sharon trying to sell him her "secret recipe" for a so-called potion for removing freckles.
Reviews
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"This convincing small boy adventure proceeds smoothly to a satisfying conclusion. The conniving little girl, understanding teacher, and feckless, freckleless boy are amusingly depicted in the impish black-and-white illustrations and in the story which is especially suited for reading aloud to second-and third-graders." —Library Journal
"Spontaneous humor, sure to appeal to the youngest reader. The amusing sketches and the well-spaced type make an inviting volume." —The Horn Book Magazine
References
- Woodson, Leland (12 December 1971). "Ages 7-10 Will Like This Tale". The Bradenton Herald. p. 7. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
