Author: Anastasia Suen

Anastasia Suen is the author (& ghostwriter) of 450+ fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and prose books for children, teens, and adults: board books, picture books, beginning readers, early chapter books, middle grade books, young adult books, and books for adults.
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12 Iconic American Battles

12 Iconic American Battles
by Marne Ventura (Author)
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Booktalk: From Gettysburg to Pearl Harbor, this book takes middle-grade readers back in time and around the world to visit some of the most iconic battles in American history. Readers explore what happened during the battles, learn important historical figures, and discover how the battle’s outcome impacted each war and the American way of life.

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Are You a Friend of Dorothy?

Are You a Friend of Dorothy?: The True Story of an Imaginary Woman and the Real People She Helped
by Kyle Lukoff (Author) and Levi Hastings (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: 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.

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