Freckle Juice
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| Author | Judy Blume |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Children |
| Publication date | 1971 |
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| Pages | 47 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-440-42813-0 |
Freckle Juice (ISBN 0-440-42813-0) is a 1971 children's book by Judy Blume. This short story is about Andrew Marcus, a second grade student who wants to look like someone else by having freckles. Andrew wants freckles so his mother won't be able to tell if his face is dirty, and he makes many attempts to get freckles. A girl in his class, who often fools him using sneaky tricks, tells him he can get freckles by drinking a concotion that she claims she used to get freckles, or rather a freckle. He gives him the recipe for "Freckle Juice" for a quarter, and he ends up drinking the concotion, after which he gets very sick. His second attempt was, that he drew several little dots on his face with a purple marker. Ufortunately, everybody sees through this and ends up laughing at him during reading, including the girl who gave him the recipe. His teacher gives him a bottle of "Magic Freckle Remover" so he can remove his purple "freckles". Ironically, the boy Andrew envied because of his real freckles talks to the girl about how to get rid of his freckles. The girl also tells him that she knows the recipe for removing freckles, and she'll give it to him for a quarter. She then makes a special "frog face" for Andrew.
