diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7c85a2b9b..f9d1efc3b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
     "classnames": "^2.2.5",
     "cookie-parser": "^1.4.3",
     "core-js": "^2.4.1",
+    "dataloader": "^1.3.0",
+    "express": "^4.15.2",
+    "express-graphql": "^0.6.4",
+    "dataloader": "^1.3.0",
     "express": "^4.15.3",
     "express-graphql": "^0.6.6",
     "express-jwt": "^5.3.0",
diff --git a/src/data/loaders/index.js b/src/data/loaders/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..907d222bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/data/loaders/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import personLoader from './personLoader';
+
+// All your dataloaders
+const allLoaders = {
+  ...personLoader,
+};
+
+export default function loaders() {
+  return allLoaders;
+}
diff --git a/src/data/loaders/personLoader.js b/src/data/loaders/personLoader.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c875b1d32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/data/loaders/personLoader.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import DataLoader from 'dataloader';
+import getPerson from '../queries/getPerson';
+
+export default {
+  personLoader: new DataLoader(people => Promise.all(people.map(_id => getPerson(_id)))),
+};
diff --git a/src/data/queries/getAllPeople.js b/src/data/queries/getAllPeople.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4392a8d52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/data/queries/getAllPeople.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/**
+ * React Starter Kit (https://www.reactstarterkit.com/)
+ *
+ * Copyright © 2014-present Kriasoft, LLC. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE.txt file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+import { GraphQLList as List } from 'graphql';
+import PersonType from '../types/PersonType';
+import allPeople from '../seed/people';
+
+/* eslint-disable no-underscore-dangle */
+const getAllPeople = {
+  type: new List(PersonType),
+  resolve: async (req, args, { loaders }) => {
+    const people = allPeople.map((person => person._id));
+    return loaders.personLoader.loadMany(people);
+  },
+};
+
+export default getAllPeople;
diff --git a/src/data/queries/getPerson.js b/src/data/queries/getPerson.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0209d0def
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/data/queries/getPerson.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/**
+ * React Starter Kit (https://www.reactstarterkit.com/)
+ *
+ * Copyright © 2014-present Kriasoft, LLC. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE.txt file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+import allPeople from '../seed/people';
+
+/* eslint-disable no-underscore-dangle */
+export default function getPerson(_id) {
+  let response = null;
+  try {
+    response = allPeople.find(people => people._id === _id);
+  } catch (err) {
+    /* eslint-disable no-console */
+    console.log('getPerson err', err);
+  }
+  return response;
+}
diff --git a/src/data/schema.js b/src/data/schema.js
index 6156b07cd..1dc2b36d2 100644
--- a/src/data/schema.js
+++ b/src/data/schema.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
 
 import me from './queries/me';
 import news from './queries/news';
+import people from './queries/getAllPeople';
 
 const schema = new Schema({
   query: new ObjectType({
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ const schema = new Schema({
     fields: {
       me,
       news,
+      people,
     },
   }),
 });
diff --git a/src/data/seed/people.js b/src/data/seed/people.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ddeb6e3cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/data/seed/people.js
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+export default [
+  {
+    _id: 'person_1',
+    name: 'Davey Edwards',
+    friends: ['person_1', 'person_2', 'person_3', 'person_4', 'person_5', 'person_6', 'person_7', 'person_8', 'person_9', 'person_9', 'person_10', 'person_11', 'person_12', 'person_13', 'person_14', 'person_15'],
+  }, {
+    _id: 'person_2',
+    name: 'Konstantin Tarkus',
+    friends: ['person_1', 'person_2', 'person_3', 'person_8', 'person_9', 'person_9', 'person_10', 'person_11', 'person_12', 'person_13', 'person_14', 'person_15'],
+  }, {
+    _id: 'person_3',
+    name: 'Lee Byron',
+    friends: ['person_1', 'person_2', 'person_3', 'person_4', 'person_5', 'person_6', 'person_7', 'person_8', 'person_11', 'person_12', 'person_13', 'person_14', 'person_15'],
+  }, {
+    _id: 'person_4',
+    name: 'Laney Kuenzel',
+    friends: ['person_1', 'person_2', 'person_3', 'person_4', 'person_5', 'person_6', 'person_7', 'person_8', 'person_9', 'person_9', 'person_10', 'person_11', 'person_12', 'person_13', 'person_14', 'person_15'],
+  }, {
+    _id: 'person_5',
+    name: 'Max Stoiber',
+    friends: ['person_1', 'person_5', 'person_6', 'person_7', 'person_8', 'person_9', 'person_9', 'person_10', 'person_11', 'person_12', 'person_13', 'person_14', 'person_15'],
+  }, {
+    _id: 'person_6',
+    name: 'Jing Chen',
+    friends: ['person_1', 'person_2', 'person_3', 'person_4', 'person_5', 'person_6', 'person_7', 'person_8', 'person_9', 'person_9', 'person_10'],
+  }, {
+    _id: 'person_7',
+    name: 'Tyler McGinnis',
+    friends: ['person_4', 'person_5', 'person_6', 'person_7', 'person_8', 'person_9', 'person_9', 'person_10', 'person_11', 'person_12', 'person_13', 'person_14', 'person_15'],
+  }, {
+    _id: 'person_8',
+    name: 'Ryan Florence',
+    friends: ['person_1', 'person_2', 'person_3', 'person_4', 'person_5', 'person_6', 'person_7', 'person_8', 'person_9', 'person_9', 'person_10', 'person_11', 'person_12', 'person_13', 'person_14', 'person_15'],
+  }, {
+    _id: 'person_9',
+    name: 'Michael Jackson',
+    friends: ['person_1', 'person_2', 'person_3', 'person_4', 'person_5', 'person_6', 'person_7', 'person_8', 'person_9', 'person_9', 'person_10', 'person_11', 'person_12', 'person_13', 'person_14', 'person_15'],
+  }, {
+    _id: 'person_10',
+    name: 'Dan Abramov',
+    friends: ['person_1', 'person_2', 'person_3', 'person_4', 'person_5', 'person_6', 'person_7', 'person_8', 'person_9', 'person_9', 'person_10', 'person_11', 'person_12', 'person_13', 'person_14', 'person_15'],
+  }, {
+    _id: 'person_11',
+    name: 'Tom Occhino',
+    friends: ['person_1', 'person_2', 'person_3', 'person_4', 'person_5', 'person_9', 'person_9', 'person_10', 'person_11', 'person_12', 'person_13', 'person_14', 'person_15'],
+  }, {
+    _id: 'person_12',
+    name: 'Pete Hunt',
+    friends: ['person_1', 'person_2', 'person_3', 'person_4', 'person_5', 'person_6', 'person_7', 'person_8', 'person_11', 'person_12', 'person_13', 'person_14', 'person_15'],
+  }, {
+    _id: 'person_13',
+    name: 'Joe Savona',
+    friends: ['person_1', 'person_2', 'person_3', 'person_4', 'person_5', 'person_6', 'person_7', 'person_8', 'person_9', 'person_9', 'person_10', 'person_14', 'person_15'],
+  }, {
+    _id: 'person_14',
+    name: 'Lin Clark',
+    friends: ['person_1', 'person_2', 'person_3', 'person_4', 'person_5', 'person_6', 'person_7', 'person_8', 'person_9', 'person_9', 'person_10', 'person_13', 'person_14', 'person_15'],
+  }, {
+    _id: 'person_15',
+    name: 'Dan Schafer',
+    friends: ['person_1', 'person_2', 'person_5', 'person_6', 'person_7', 'person_8', 'person_9', 'person_9', 'person_10', 'person_13', 'person_14', 'person_15'],
+  },
+];
diff --git a/src/data/types/PersonType.js b/src/data/types/PersonType.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e7f85c1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/data/types/PersonType.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/**
+ * React Starter Kit (https://www.reactstarterkit.com/)
+ *
+ * Copyright © 2014-present Kriasoft, LLC. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE.txt file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+import {
+  GraphQLObjectType as ObjectType,
+  GraphQLString as StringType,
+  GraphQLList as List,
+} from 'graphql';
+
+const PersonType = new ObjectType({
+  name: 'Person',
+  fields: () => ({
+    name: { type: StringType },
+    friends: {
+      type: new List(PersonType),
+      resolve: (person, args, { loaders }) => loaders.personLoader.loadMany(person.friends),
+    },
+  }),
+});
+
+export default PersonType;
diff --git a/src/server.js b/src/server.js
index 1dad579cb..7fb5c6950 100644
--- a/src/server.js
+++ b/src/server.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import models from './data/models';
 import schema from './data/schema';
 import assets from './assets.json'; // eslint-disable-line import/no-unresolved
 import config from './config';
+import loaders from './data/loaders';
 
 const app = express();
 
@@ -90,6 +91,9 @@ app.use('/graphql', expressGraphQL(req => ({
   graphiql: __DEV__,
   rootValue: { request: req },
   pretty: __DEV__,
+  context: {
+    loaders: loaders(),
+  },
 })));
 
 //
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 561d40fbf..93601ba6e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2005,6 +2005,10 @@ dashdash@^1.12.0:
   dependencies:
     assert-plus "^1.0.0"
 
+dataloader@^1.3.0:
+  version "1.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dataloader/-/dataloader-1.3.0.tgz#6fec5be4b30a712e4afd30b86b4334566b97673b"
+
 date-fns@^1.27.2:
   version "1.28.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/date-fns/-/date-fns-1.28.5.tgz#257cfc45d322df45ef5658665967ee841cd73faf"