November 8, 2014 by Andrea
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There’s nothing better than the satisfaction of reading a really good book — especially when it's a book with a voice that understands your struggle and fills you with inspiration, hope, and understanding.
Here's a list of 13 books — in no particular order — that every sickle cell warrior should read.
1. Now You See Me, Now You Don't
2. I Only Cry at Night
3. Hope and Destiny: The Patient and Parent's Guide to Sickle Cell Disease and Sickle Cell Trait
4. Menace In My Blood: My Affliction With Sickle-Cell Anemia
5. In the Blood: Sickle Cell Anemia and the Politics of Race (Critical Histories)
6. Meet Camden: Living with Sickle Cell Anemia
7. Dying in the City of the Blues: Sickle Cell Anemia and the Politics of Race and Health
8. Medikidz Explain Sickle Cell Disease: What's Up with Casey?
9. Little Tree: A Story for Children with Serious Medical Problems
10. The Brave Souls Club
11. My Daughter's Journey with Sickle Cell Disease
12. Lenabell: A Doctor's Memoir of a Remarkable Woman's Eighty Year Battle With Sickle Cell Disease
13. My Brother Has Sickle Cell
Did we miss any of your must-reads? Add them in the comments below!
