What do You think about Freckle Juice (1988)?
This book is about a little boy Nick who has so many freckles. This little boy Andrew sits behind him in class and wonders where he gets his freckle’s from. One day Andrew counts the amount of freckles Nick has and is jealous of his freckles. Andrew thinks that if he had freckles his mom would not be able to see if he was dirty. Andrew pays his enemy Sharon fifty cents for “freckle juice”. Sharon had mixed gross ingredients together to trick Andrew into thinking it would give him freckles, when it only made him sick. This book is a great story to read to a class. It shows that everyone is different and no one should be someone they are not. After reading this story to a classroom you could have them each write a few things down that they like about themselves. This book is good for grades two through four. It is a very cute book that kids will enjoy.
—Allie
Judy Blume is a wonderful author, she has written many wonderful books that everyone would enjoy reading. Freckle juice is a silly and cute book which was absolutely fun to read.This book is about a boy named Andrew who is obsessed with freckles. A girl named Nicky in his class has many freckles and he envies her for having them. He asks her how she got her freckles and she explains that she was born with them. We all deal with other kids in the class who pull pranks and fool you. The same happened to Andrew, a girl named sharon in his class fooled him into drinking something which she guaranteed he would get some freckles. First he doesn't believe her until she shows him freckles on her own nose. The story continues with more surprises of what happens after he drinks the "freckle juice". I think this book is absolutely wonderful for all ages. It's a fun book to read and everyone can relate to Andrew. I can remember when I wanted beautiful hair like my friend back in middle school and I asked her what she did to get her long shiny hair. Sometimes you want something so badly, you would do anything to have it. This a great book for 1st grade and up. I could use this book in a guided reading and have discussions about the book. Students can share their favorite parts with each other and how it relates to their own lives.
—Henna Patel
The book "Freckle Juice" by Judy Blume is about a boy named Andrew that wants to have freckles on his face like his friend Nicky does. He asks everyone how to get freckles and a girl in his classroom named Sharon tells him that she has a "secret" recipe for freckles. She calls this recipe "freckle juice" and tells Andrew she will give it to him for 50 cent. Andrew gets the money from his bank in his room and gets the recipe from Sharon. He goes home and makes the juice, which is all these ingredients that you usually would not put together. The juice makes Andrew very sick and he is out of school for 2 days. When it is time for him to go back to school he still doesn't have freckles and doesn't want Sharon to make fun of him. He goes to the bathroom before school and draws blue freckles all over his face with permanent marker. When he gets to school, Miss Kelley, his teacher tells him that she has a secret recipe to get rid of freckles. She gives him the recipe and he gets the fake freckles off his face. When he goes back to his class, Miss Kelley explains to him that he looks good without freckles and he needs to be confident about himself how he is right now. I think this book would be great to use to teach student about self confidence in themselves. I would use this book in a 3rd or 4th grade class because I think that is the time students start to think about what they could change about themselves. I think reading students this book in a literature lesson would really help some students with being confident in themselves no matter what.
—Taylor Hainley
