Andrew Marcus wanted freckles. Nicky, a boy in Andrew's class had freckles and Andrew envied him. One day, Andrew asked Nicky how he got freckles. Nicky told him that he was born with them! On the way home from school, Sharon told Andrew how he could get freckles just like Nicky. She had a secret recipe that she could sell Andrew so that he can get freckles.
Sharon charges $.50 for the formula. Because this story happened in the 1970s, $.50 was a lot of money for Andrew to give Sharon. It was 5 weeks of allowance! After tossing and turning all night, Andrew finally decided to buy the freckle juice recipe. When he received the recipe he ran all the way home to make it. after he drank the disgusting juice, he became sick and had to stay from school the next day.
This book tells students how wanting what others have is not good and being an individual is more important. This book show diversity among students as well as differences in the human body. Teachers could get students to write stories about how they received a scar that they have.
Sharon charges $.50 for the formula. Because this story happened in the 1970s, $.50 was a lot of money for Andrew to give Sharon. It was 5 weeks of allowance! After tossing and turning all night, Andrew finally decided to buy the freckle juice recipe. When he received the recipe he ran all the way home to make it. after he drank the disgusting juice, he became sick and had to stay from school the next day.
This book tells students how wanting what others have is not good and being an individual is more important. This book show diversity among students as well as differences in the human body. Teachers could get students to write stories about how they received a scar that they have.
