Nicky has freckles- they cover his face, his ears, and the whole back of his neck. Once sitting behind him in class, Andrew counted eighty-six of them, and that was just the start! If Andrew had freckles like Nicky, his mother would never know if his neck was dirty. One day after school, Andrew works up enough courage to ask Nicky where he got his freckles. And, luck would have it, who should overhear him but giggling, teasing Sharon. She offers Andrew her secret freckle juice recipe- for fifty cents.