Are You a Friend of Dorothy?: The True Story of an Imaginary Woman and the Real People She Helped by Lukoff, Kyle
Are You a Friend of Dorothy?: The True Story of an Imaginary Woman and the Real People She Helped by Lukoff, Kyle

Are You a Friend of Dorothy?: The True Story of an Imaginary Woman and the Real People She Helped

Two starred reviews! From Newbery Honor and Stonewall Book Award-winning author Kyle Lukoff and celebrated picture book...
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Author: Kyle Lukoff
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Language: English
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Are You a Friend of Dorothy?: The True Story of an Imaginary Woman and the Real People She Helped by Lukoff, Kyle

Are You a Friend of Dorothy?: The True Story of an Imaginary Woman and the Real People She Helped

$30.69
Are You a Friend of Dorothy?: The True Story of an Imaginary Woman and the Real People She Helped by Lukoff, Kyle

Are You a Friend of Dorothy?: The True Story of an Imaginary Woman and the Real People She Helped

$30.69
Author: Kyle Lukoff
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
Two starred reviews!

From Newbery Honor and Stonewall Book Award-winning author Kyle Lukoff and celebrated picture book illustrator Levi Hastings comes an "venturesome, refreshingly frank" (Booklist, starred review) picture book about how people found community in a time when they had to keep their true selves secret.

"Are you a friend of Dorothy?"

In a time when the LGBTQ+ community was forced to hide in the shadows, a woman named Dorothy helped her people find each other in the dark and celebrate themselves in the light.

But who was Dorothy? Was she from the neighborhood, someone's wife, mother, or sister? Was she that clever writer, who threw parties where there were no rules about who you could and couldn't dance with? Or was she a girl from Kansas, who dreamed of leaving her black-and-white, small-town life and finding a vibrant, colorful world that loved her?

Dorothy might have been all these things--because Dorothy, as known by the post-WWII queer community, wasn't real. Still, she helped a community find connection and care amidst adversity.

Author: Kyle Lukoff
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 04/29/2025
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 11.10h x 8.80w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781665931663
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.3
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 555348 / Are You a Friend of Dorothy? the True Story of an Imaginary Woman and the Real People She Helped


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 01/01/2025 pg. 68
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2025
Publishers Weekly 01/13/2025
Booklist 04/01/2025 pg. 71
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2025 - Recommended, Satisfactory

About the Author
Kyle Lukoff writes books for kids and other people. Before becoming a full-time writer, Kyle worked at five bookstores, in four libraries, for three schools, as two genders, through one intersection: people and books. Find him on Twitter @KyleLukoff, Instagram @KyleLukoffWrites, and his website at KyleLukoff.com.

Levi Hastings is the illustrator of Mayor Pete: The Story of Pete Buttigieg by Rob Sanders, Are You a Friend of Dorothy? by Kyle Lukoff, and The Spirit of Springer by Amanda Abler, about which The New York Times raved, "This beautiful book tells a suspenseful, heartrending true story." Levi lives in Seattle with his husband. Learn more at LeviHastings.com.
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