Hazel Hill Is Gonna Win This One by Maggie Horne

Hazel Hill Is Gonna Win This One by Maggie Horne

A "must-read for tweens and their parents" (SLJ, starred review), this funny, feminist, and queer contemporary middle grade debut follows 12-year-old loner Hazel Hill, who after one of her classmates is harassed online, devises a plan to catch the school's golden boy in the act.

Seventh grader Hazel Hill is too busy for friends. No, really. She needs to focus on winning the school-wide speech competition and beating her nemesis, the popular and smart Ella Quinn, after last year's embarrassing hyperbole/hyperbowl mishap that cost her first place.

But when Hazel discovers Ella is being harassed by golden boy Tyler Harris, she has to choose between winning and doing the right thing. No one would believe that a nice boy like Tyler would harass and intimidate a nice girl like Ella, but Hazel knows the truth--and she's determined to prove it, even if it means risking everything. 

Deeply relatable and surprisingly humorous, Hazel Hill Is Gonna Win This One is a wonderfully empowering story about friendship, finding your voice, and standing up for what you believe in. 

What happens when the girl you're trying to beat becomes the person you have to save?

• Unlikely Friendship: Hazel and Ella start as rivals in the school speech competition, but standing up to a bully might just make them allies--or even friends.
• Anti-Bullying Story: When popular boy Tyler Harris takes his harassment of Ella online, Hazel knows she can't stay silent, even if no one else will believe her.
• Finding Your Voice: A loner focused on winning, Hazel must risk everything to speak up and discover the power she has to make a difference.
• Feminist Fiction for Kids: A smart, funny, and empowering book about girls teaming up to expose the truth and stand up for what's right.