# Freckle Juice > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Freckle_Juice > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Freckle_Juice.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freckle_Juice > Source revision: 1332490637 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1971 children's book by Judy Blume Freckle Juice First edition Author Judy Blume Illustrator Sonia O. Lisker Language English Publisher Four Winds Press Publication date 1971 Publication place United States Media type Print Pages 47 pp ISBN 0-440-42813-0 OCLC 16245047 LC Class MLCS 2006/13892 (P) ***Freckle Juice*** ([ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-440-42813-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-440-42813-0)) is a [1971](/source/1971_in_literature) children's [chapter book](/source/Chapter_book) by [Judy Blume](/source/Judy_Blume) with illustrations by Sonia O. Lisker. It is about a [second grade](/source/Second_grade) [student](/source/Student) who wants to have [freckles](/source/Freckles).[1] ## Creation *Freckle Juice* was published in 1971.[2] After publishing the books *[Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.](/source/Are_You_There_God%3F_It's_Me%2C_Margaret.)* (1970) and *[Then Again, Maybe I Won't](/source/Then_Again%2C_Maybe_I_Won't)* (1971), which were written for a teenage audience, Blume returned to children's books.[3] As with her other books, Blume ensured that *Freckle Juice* reflected both positive and negative aspects of being a child rather than a purely happy story.[4] Unlike most of her books where she decided on the title last, Blume started with the title of *Freckle Juice* and wrote the story based on it.[5] She got the title *Freckle Juice* from her daughter, who as a child mixed powder, shampoo, and soap in the bathtub to create what she called "freckle juice".[4] ## Plot Andrew Marcus envies his classmate Nicky Lane for his [freckles](/source/Freckles). His classmate Sharon sells Andrew a handwritten recipe for "freckle juice" that, when drank, will cause freckles to sprout, claiming it had created the few freckles on her nose. Andrew returns home and, following the recipe, creates the freckle juice from mixing grape juice and other condiments. Andrew reluctantly drinks the finished, putrid-tasting concoction and becomes sick. When his mother returns home to find both Andrew sick and evidence of the freckle juice, she reprimands him and sends him to bed with medicine. 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 stays home from school the next day and recovers the day after. Realizing that Sharon swindled him, Andrew dots his face and neck with a blue [magic marker](/source/Magic_marker) (unable to find a brown one) to prove the "freckle juice" had worked before arriving at school. No one is fooled by his drawn-on freckles and laughs at him. After recess, his teacher Miss Kelly sends him to the restroom with her own "secret formula" for removing freckles, which is a bar of lemon-scented soap. Andrew washes his "freckles" off and returns to class, where Miss Kelly tells him that he is a very handsome boy without freckles. Nicky then asks Miss Kelly for the 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 Nicky a recipe that removes freckles. ## Analysis *Freckle Juice* teaches readers to be happy with themselves instead of wanting what others have.[6] The book also introduces children to the concept of [business fraud](/source/Business_fraud) and the [social cost](/source/Social_cost) it incurs.[7] ## Reception and legacy Blume continued writing humorous books for young children after Freckle Juice, following it with *[Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing](/source/Tales_of_a_Fourth_Grade_Nothing)* (1972).[8] *Freckle Juice* won the Michigan Young Readers' Award in 1980.[9] An animated adaptation of *Freckle Juice* was released in 1987.[10] The book is dated by the amounts of money it describes: Andrew has a weekly [allowance](/source/Allowance_(money)) of ten cents, and the freckle juice cost him fifty cents.[11] As of 2023, *Freckle Juice* was maintaining the best sales of Blume's books outside of the [Fudge Hatcher](/source/Fudge_Hatcher) series.[12] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Woodson, Leland (12 December 1971). ["Ages 7-10 Will Like This Tale"](https://www.newspapers.com/image/717626087/?terms=Freckle%20Juice&match=1). *[The Bradenton Herald](/source/The_Bradenton_Herald)*. p. 7. Retrieved 3 February 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELudwigAbrams2009100_2-0)** [Ludwig & Abrams 2009](#CITEREFLudwigAbrams2009), p. 100. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELudwigAbrams200948–49_3-0)** [Ludwig & Abrams 2009](#CITEREFLudwigAbrams2009), pp. 48–49. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELudwigAbrams200949_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELudwigAbrams200949_4-1) [Ludwig & Abrams 2009](#CITEREFLudwigAbrams2009), p. 49. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Tracy, Kathleen (2008). [*Judy Blume: A Biography*](https://archive.org/details/judyblumebiograp0000trac/). Greenwood Press. p. 25. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-313-34273-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-313-34273-8). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Egan, Elisabeth (2022-09-14). ["The Essential Judy Blume"](https://www.proquest.com/docview/2783825261). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. [ProQuest](/source/ProQuest) [2783825261](https://www.proquest.com/docview/2783825261). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Mulligan, Roark (August 2015). ["Financial Literacy through Economic Narratives"](https://www.proquest.com/docview/1700282945). *Choice*. **52** (12): 1958. [ProQuest](/source/ProQuest) [1700282945](https://www.proquest.com/docview/1700282945). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELudwigAbrams200950_8-0)** [Ludwig & Abrams 2009](#CITEREFLudwigAbrams2009), p. 50. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELudwigAbrams2009109_9-0)** [Ludwig & Abrams 2009](#CITEREFLudwigAbrams2009), p. 109. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELudwigAbrams2009101_10-0)** [Ludwig & Abrams 2009](#CITEREFLudwigAbrams2009), p. 101. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELudwigAbrams200920,_49_11-0)** [Ludwig & Abrams 2009](#CITEREFLudwigAbrams2009), pp. 20, 49. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Sperling, Nicole (2023-03-07). ["Judy Blume Finally Got a 'Yes' from Hollywood"](https://www.proquest.com/docview/2783825261). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. [ProQuest](/source/ProQuest) [2783825261](https://www.proquest.com/docview/2783825261). ### Works cited - Ludwig, Elisa; Abrams, Dennis (2009). [*Judy Blume*](https://archive.org/details/judyblume0000ludw/). Infobase Holdings. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-60413-334-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-60413-334-9). ## External links - [Judy Blume: Freckle Juice](http://www.judyblume.com/books/picture/freckle.php/) - [Children's literature portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Children%27s_literature) - [Novels portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Novels) v t e Works by Judy Blume Fudge series Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great Superfudge Fudge-a-Mania Double Fudge Characters Peter Hatcher Fudge Hatcher Novels The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo Iggie's House Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Then Again, Maybe I Won't Freckle Juice It's Not the End of the World Deenie Blubber Forever... Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself Wifey Tiger Eyes Smart Women Just as Long as We're Together Here's to You, Rachel Robinson Summer Sisters In the Unlikely Event Non-fiction and others The Judy Blume Diary Letters to Judy: What Your Kids Wish They Could Tell You The Pain and the Great One Places I Never Meant to Be Adaptations Forever (film) Fudge (TV series) Tiger Eyes (film) Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (film) Forever (TV series) Authority control databases Open Library --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Freckle Juice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freckle_Juice) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freckle_Juice?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.