Book Nook - My Life Beyond Sickle Cell Disease

My Life Beyond Sickle Cell Disease continues the “My Life Beyond” series, following My Life Beyond Depression. 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.

A graphic nonfiction story with a kid’s-eye view of living with, and 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.

Guillaume Federighi, aka Hey Gee, is a French and American author and illustrator. He began his

career in 1998 in Paris, France. He also spent a few decades exploring the world of street art and

graffiti in different European capitals. After moving to New York in 2008, he worked with many

companies and brands, developing a reputation in graphic design and illustration for his distinctive

style of translating complex ideas into simple and timeless visual stories. He is also the owner and

creative director of Hey Gee Studio, a full-service creative agency based in New York City.