9-Year-Old Reporter Told To Just Be ‘Cute’ Has Landed A Book Deal

Hilde Lysiak is living proof that you shouldn’t let haters get you down.

The 9-year-old reporter who runs the Orange Street News in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, faced down rude remarks from concern trolls in April after she broke the story of a murder in her neighborhood — hours before professional news outlets reported anything. Some busybodies told her she should focus on “cute” subjects, and even said she should stick to “tea parties and dolls.”