diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index a88cd7a6d..64f8ed5c9 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -1,73 +1,103 @@
-import React from 'react';
+import React, { useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import debounce from 'lodash.debounce';
 import './App.scss';
 import { peopleFromServer } from './data/people';
 
-export const App: React.FC = () => {
-  const { name, born, died } = peopleFromServer[0];
+type Person = (typeof peopleFromServer)[number];
+
+type Props = {
+  onSelected?: (person: Person) => void;
+  delay?: number;
+};
+
+export const App: React.FC<Props> = ({ onSelected, delay = 300 }) => {
+  const [query, setQuery] = useState('');
+  const [debouncedQuery, setDebouncedQuery] = useState('');
+  const [isOpen, setIsOpen] = useState(false);
+  const [selectedPerson, setSelectedPerson] = useState<Person | null>(null);
+
+  const normalizedQuery = debouncedQuery.trim().toLowerCase();
+
+  let filteredPeople = peopleFromServer;
+
+  if (normalizedQuery) {
+    filteredPeople = peopleFromServer.filter(person => {
+      return person.name.toLowerCase().includes(normalizedQuery);
+    });
+  }
+
+  const applyDebounce = useMemo(() => {
+    return debounce((value: string) => {
+      setDebouncedQuery(value);
+    }, delay);
+  }, []);
 
   return (
     <div className="container">
       <main className="section is-flex is-flex-direction-column">
         <h1 className="title" data-cy="title">
-          {`${name} (${born} - ${died})`}
+          {selectedPerson
+            ? `${selectedPerson.name} (${selectedPerson.born} - ${selectedPerson.died})`
+            : 'No selected person'}
         </h1>
 
-        <div className="dropdown is-active">
+        <div className={`dropdown ${isOpen ? 'is-active' : ''}`}>
           <div className="dropdown-trigger">
             <input
               type="text"
               placeholder="Enter a part of the name"
               className="input"
               data-cy="search-input"
+              value={query}
+              onChange={event => {
+                setQuery(event.target.value);
+                setSelectedPerson(null);
+
+                applyDebounce(event.target.value);
+                setIsOpen(true);
+              }}
+              onFocus={() => setIsOpen(true)}
             />
           </div>
 
           <div className="dropdown-menu" role="menu" data-cy="suggestions-list">
             <div className="dropdown-content">
-              <div className="dropdown-item" data-cy="suggestion-item">
-                <p className="has-text-link">Pieter Haverbeke</p>
-              </div>
+              {filteredPeople.map(person => (
+                <div
+                  key={person.slug}
+                  className="dropdown-item"
+                  data-cy="suggestion-item"
+                  onClick={() => {
+                    setSelectedPerson(person);
+                    setQuery(person.name);
+                    setDebouncedQuery(person.name);
+                    setIsOpen(false);
 
-              <div className="dropdown-item" data-cy="suggestion-item">
-                <p className="has-text-link">Pieter Bernard Haverbeke</p>
-              </div>
-
-              <div className="dropdown-item" data-cy="suggestion-item">
-                <p className="has-text-link">Pieter Antone Haverbeke</p>
-              </div>
-
-              <div className="dropdown-item" data-cy="suggestion-item">
-                <p className="has-text-danger">Elisabeth Haverbeke</p>
-              </div>
-
-              <div className="dropdown-item" data-cy="suggestion-item">
-                <p className="has-text-link">Pieter de Decker</p>
-              </div>
-
-              <div className="dropdown-item" data-cy="suggestion-item">
-                <p className="has-text-danger">Petronella de Decker</p>
-              </div>
-
-              <div className="dropdown-item" data-cy="suggestion-item">
-                <p className="has-text-danger">Elisabeth Hercke</p>
-              </div>
+                    onSelected?.(person);
+                  }}
+                >
+                  <p>{person.name}</p>
+                </div>
+              ))}
             </div>
           </div>
         </div>
 
-        <div
-          className="
+        {query !== '' && filteredPeople.length === 0 && (
+          <div
+            className="
             notification
             is-danger
             is-light
             mt-3
             is-align-self-flex-start
           "
-          role="alert"
-          data-cy="no-suggestions-message"
-        >
-          <p className="has-text-danger">No matching suggestions</p>
-        </div>
+            role="alert"
+            data-cy="no-suggestions-message"
+          >
+            <p className="has-text-danger">No matching suggestions</p>
+          </div>
+        )}
       </main>
     </div>
   );