Freckles

by Andrew Matthews

Susie has freckles and hates them. She has problems with boys. Her friend Donna is very pretty and the boys fall at her feet. But there is a new boy at school. Will Jack fall for Donna? Will he laugh at Susie's freckles? Susie and Donna are about to learn an important lesson about life.

25 pages, Paperback

First published March 28, 2000

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.

Andrew Matthews was born in South Glamorgan in 1948. Andrew taught English in Hampshire after which he became a full-time writer. He lives in Reading with his wife and their cats. Andrew's work has been widely translated and he has made numerous appearances at schools and libraries throughout the UK.


Source: United Agents.

Reviews

[Reham Elkomy · Rating 2 out of 5]

23/9/2025

[Haruhi Hyodo · Rating 5 out of 5]

1. Penguin level2
2. 17/06/2016: 15min
19/06/2016: 15min
22/06/2016: 50min
3. Young woman, freckles, love, best friend, poem, shy, school
4. The young girl has a lot of freckles, so she was worried. Her best friend, Donna is very beautiful and famous among her friends. She had complex. She can't do love anyone because of it. However she met a man at school. The man is very shy, so she tried to speak to him. But she couldn't do, one day she saw his playing tennis. At there she spoke to him, and they had a long conversation. She thought he was very interesting. However her best friend, Donna fell in love him identically. Susie, main character assume that he will love Donna. One night she received a phone from him, and she didn't want to listen anything from him. However then, he tried to tell his feeling to Susie. A few days ago, she met him, so she was told his feeling from him, she was so surprised. She was happy and getting along with her friend.
5. I can recommend.

[Soobin Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

이게 진짜 하이틴 로코지💞

[Khaled Elsaady · Rating 4 out of 5]

They didn't see me.

Susie

I see you beautiful girl, don't care about freckles

💜 I love you freckles

[Rina · Rating 3 out of 5]

1. penguin readers, level 2
2. 80min
3. Susie, freckles, best friend, Donna, a boy, Jack, love
4. Susie has a lot of freckles in her face and she hate them. She couldn't do love because of the freckles. On the other hand, her best friend, Donna has pretty hair, nice and blue eyes. She is a very beautiful girl and she has many boy friends. One day, Susie met a boy, Jack, he is a shy boy. And Susie fell in love with Jack.
5. My favorite sentence is " You are pretty and funny. I love your freckles ". Jack loves her inclusive of her complex so I think he is very kind and a nice boy!

[Akari Shimokawa · Rating 4 out of 5]

1. Penguin readers, level 2
2. 07/12/2016; 160 minutes
3. freckles; anxious; relationship; typical problem; teenager; school; inside
4. Susie anxious about her freckles and she doesn't enjoy school life because of the freckles. One day she met a boy who is liked by Susie's friend Danna. They have been getting along and fall in love. But, Susie worried about her relationship between Danna and her.
4. I found that most important thing is what is in inside not its outside.

[Haruka Fujimoto · Rating 4 out of 5]

1. Penguin reader level2
2. 6/13 20min 6/15 30min 6/16 40min
3. Seven word summery
Susie- freckles-complex-love-Jack-disco-overcome
4a When they were in disco, Jack told Susie that freckles is good!
4b She has a complex which she has freckles, but Jack likes it. He is very good guy, I think.
5 This story is easy to read! I want to overcome my complex liked her.