How do Andrew and Sharon exchange the money and the recipe? Do you pass notes in class? What do you do? Why does he trust her? Would you trust her? What kind of person is Sharon? Do you know someone like her? Students can list their own physical characteristics.ĭo you ever wish you could look like someone else? Who?ĭiscussion topics for during/after reading: Did anyone borrow the book from the library and finish reading it? Explain that this is the same author.ĭo you have freckles? If you have freckles, do you like them? If you don?t have freckles, would you like to? Why or why not? Have you ever seen someone with freckles.Ĭover the different physical characteristics that people have such as tall, thin, short, not thin, straight hair, curly hair, different hair colors, different eye colors, different skin colors, etc. How Andrew finally manages to achieve a temporary set of freckles - and then isn't sure he really wants them - makes a warm and hilarious story.Īsk the students if any of them read Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing in July. He carefully begins to mix a strange combination of ingredients - and immediately runs into some unforeseen problems. As the book ends, Sharon pulls Nicky aside and tells him she has a secret formula for freckle removal she’s willing to share for 50 cents.Grade Level: 4th (GLCs: Click here for grade level guidelines.)Īndrew wants freckles so badly that he buys Sharon's freckle recipe for fifty cents.

When Nicky asks her for some of the freckle remover, she tells him he looks good with his freckles. She tells him he’s handsome without them. The teacher gives him a formula of her own for removing the freckles, which includes soap and water. Refusing to let Sharon win, Andrew returns to school with freckles he’s made using blue magic marker. Then she discovers his ingredients strewn around the kitchen and sends him to bed with some stomach medicine. When his mother returns, she wonders if she needs to take him to the doctor. He doesn’t gain any freckles, but he gets a terrible stomachache. While Andrew’s mother is playing cards with a neighbor, Andrew mixes the concoction and drinks it. She provides a recipe that includes vinegar, ketchup, mustard and olive oil. Andrew gathers his allowances together and pays Sharon. Sharon offers to sell Andrew her secret formula for freckle production. A classmate named Sharon overhears Andrew asking Nicky how he got his freckles. He is easily distracted because he is thinking so much about freckles. Andrew Marcus desperately wants freckles like his classmate Nicky Lane.

Freckle juice story