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Bear on the loose!

When she hears reports of bear roaming the backyards of Selinsgrove, Hilde and her sister/photographer Izzy are determined to get the story for their own newspaper, the Orange Street News--but when they find out the culprit is a black bear cub, their scoop turns into a rescue mission.

Main Authors: Lysiak, Hilde, 2006- (Author), Lysiak, Matthew (Author)
Other Authors: Lew-Vriethoff, Joanne (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : Branches/Scholastic Inc., 2017.
Edition: First edition.
Series: Hilde cracks the case ; 2.
Subjects:
Lysiak, Hilde, > 2006- > Juvenile fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Summary: When she hears reports of bear roaming the backyards of Selinsgrove, Hilde and her sister/photographer Izzy are determined to get the story for their own newspaper, the Orange Street News--but when they find out the culprit is a black bear cub, their scoop turns into a rescue mission.
Physical Description: 85 pages ; 20 cm.
Audience: Appeals to 2nd-3rd graders.
Reading level grade 2.
ISBN: 9781338141580 (pbk.)
9781338141597 (hardcover)
Author Notes: Hilde Lysiak is the 11-year-old publisher of Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania's newspaper, the Orange Street News . The paper has 700+ paid subscribers and is read by thousands more online. Hilde's journalism efforts have been profiled by the New York Times , Columbia Journalism Review , NBC Today , and hundreds of other newspapers and television stations around the world. Hilde is cowriting the Scholastic Branches series Hilde Cracks the Case with her dad, Matthew Lysiak.

Matthew Lysiak is a nationally recognized journalist and author. He has reported for the New York Daily News , Newsweek , the New York Sun , AM New York , and the Guardian . He has also appeared as a contributor on The Today Show , MSNBC, and countless other media outlets to discuss his work. He coauthored the young adult memoir of teen scientist Jack Andraka, Breakthrough: How One Teen Innovator Is Changing the World , and was the author of Newtown: An American Tragedy . Matthew is cowriting the Branches early chapter book series Hilde Cracks the Case with his daughter, Hilde Kate Lysiak.

JOANNE LEW-VRIETHOFF is the acclaimed illustrator of many picture books, including Beautiful by Stacy McAnulty, named among School Library Journal 's 2016 Books with a Message. She is a Mom's Choice Gold Award medal winner whose illustrations can be found in The Dancing Pancake by Eileen Spinelli and Peace, Baby! by Linda Ashman. Joanne also is the illustrator of the Hilde Cracks the Case series by Hilde Lysiak. She lives in Amsterdam with her husband and two children.

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