Hazel wins!

Look closely, and you'll see that Hazel has a pretty loose interpretation of the rules of tic-tac-toe.

The case for your local independent bookstore

Recommendations from the older adolescent girl who works at Little Shop of Stories: spot on.

(Admittedly, we got the rest of the books in the series from the library, but I'm grateful to the local booksellers for the initial recommendation.)