My Life Beyond Sickle Cell Disease

Author and illustrator Hey Gee tells the story of a real-life Mayo Clinic patient. As an aspiring high school track athlete takes on race after race, she must learn to manage the challenges of sickle-cell anemia. She'll need to work together with her health care team and her family, along with techniques for self care, to find success on and off the track. A beautifully illustrated graphic nonfiction approach provides a kid's-eye view of living with, and beyond, this common blood disorder.