A Is for Elizabeth

By Rachel Vail and Paige Keiser

The first in a new chapter book series spinning off of the Justin Case books, starring Justin's little sister, Elizabeth.

Elizabeth is in second grade. Class 2B! It's great! Friends, recess, homework!
Even a big project: Make a poster of your name.

Yayyy!

Hang on.

The name Elizabeth has a bajillion letters in it!

The name Anna has only four letters. Plus, Anna's first letter is A, which is also the first letter of Alphabetical Order. But Anna can't always be first! That's not fair!

In A is for Elizabeth, Elizabeth makes more than a poster.
She also makes some important choices—about fairness, rules, speaking up, and glue.
But the most important thing she makes is...a friend!

With copious line art by Paige Keiser, this first book in a new series—spun off from Rachel Vail's beloved Justin Case series—is sure to delight fans of Judy Moody, Junie B. Jones, and Clementine.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
• Release date: May 7, 2019
• ISBN: 9781250162137

Rachel Vail

Rachel Vail is the award-winning author of the critically acclaimed novels If We Kiss and Lucky, Gorgeous, and Brilliant (the Avery sisters trilogy) and more than a dozen other novels for young teens, including the Friendship Ring series. Rachel has also written many beloved picture books, including Piggy Bunny and Sometimes I'm Bombaloo, and two hit novels for elementary school kids, Justin Case: School, Drool, and Other Daily Disasters; and Justin Case: Shells, Smells, and the Horrible Flip-Flops of Doom. Rachel lives in New York City with her husband and their two sons.

Book preview

Chapter

1

Good news!

Ms. Patel told us today we have homework.

We are in second grade now.

So we get homework!

This is the day I’ve been waiting for!

The homework is: Make name posters.

Posters of our names!

I raised my hand.

Elizabeth? Ms. Patel said, smiling at me.

Can we make anybody’s name we want? I asked. In the whole 2B class?

No, said Ms. Patel. You each make your own name.

That news was the opposite of good.

Chapter

2

Some people have much longer names than other people, I explained to Ms. Patel.

True, Ms. Patel said.

Hey! That means some people will have to do more work, Bucky said.

Bucky’s name is Bucky.

It has only five letters in