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Hilde on the Record: Memoir of a Kid Crime Reporter
Hilde Lysiak
Ages: 9+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 978-1-64160-581-6
Keywords: First Amendment, freedom of speech, journalism, sexism, ageism, fathers and daughters, families, homeschooling, social emotional learning
The author recounts the triumphs and struggles that stemmed from breaking a news story of a local murder when she was nine. Family photos.