"Freckles" is one of the Mushroomland Series books. It's about a flower-girl who had freckles and was teased about them, but at the end everybody wanted to have freckles!
"Freckles" is one of the Mushroomland Series books. It's about a flower-girl who had freckles and was teased about them, but at the end everybody wanted to have freckles!
The hero is an adult orphan, just under twenty years of age, with bright red hair and a freckled complexion. His left hand is missing at the wrist, and has been since before he can remember. Raised... More > since infancy in a Chicago orphanage, he speaks with a slight Irish accent, "scarcely definite enough to be called a brogue."< Less
The hero is an adult orphan, just under twenty years of age, with bright red hair and a freckled complexion. His left hand is missing at the wrist, and has been since before he can remember. Raised... More > since infancy in a Chicago orphanage, he speaks with a slight Irish accent, "scarcely definite enough to be called a brogue."< Less
The poems in this book truly catalog FRECKLES' endeavor to find herself as a young biracial woman in a predominately black urban environment. Her poems speak eloquently to contemporary youth of all... More > races and highlight the political and societal pressures that come to bear on their emotional and social development. Her questions and comments about the joys, mysteries, and agonies of life and death resonate loudly with all of us.< Less
The poems in this book truly catalog FRECKLES' endeavor to find herself as a young biracial woman in a predominately black urban environment. Her poems speak eloquently to contemporary youth of all... More > races and highlight the political and societal pressures that come to bear on their emotional and social development. Her questions and comments about the joys, mysteries, and agonies of life and death resonate loudly with all of us.< Less
Michelle La-Belle,a.k.a.,Freckles released her first book of poetry in July 2010. Before poetry, Freckles wanted to be a rapper. Her dreams of being a rapper were shattered after her book of rap... More > songs was lost or possibly stolen. This book contains some of the punch lines that were in her songs, which she luckily had written in another book. The lines are full of wit as she plays with rhythm and the confident personality rappers are known for with her "I'm going to show you why I'm the best "kind of lyrics.< Less
Michelle La-Belle,a.k.a.,Freckles released her first book of poetry in July 2010. Before poetry, Freckles wanted to be a rapper. Her dreams of being a rapper were shattered after her book of rap... More > songs was lost or possibly stolen. This book contains some of the punch lines that were in her songs, which she luckily had written in another book. The lines are full of wit as she plays with rhythm and the confident personality rappers are known for with her "I'm going to show you why I'm the best "kind of lyrics.< Less
