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At 23, Rafael J. Hernández was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma, a bone cancer that typically affects children and teenagers and is rare in adults. His doctor put the odds of an adult getting it at one in a million. Twenty years later, marking two decades since that diagnosis, he is self-publishing Joshy-Boy and the Best Club You Never Want to Be a Part Of, an emotionally honest picture book for children facing serious illness, illustrated by his cousin Josy in a family collaboration spanning the United States and Colombia. He has mentored cancer survivors since 2010, and he wrote the book he would have needed as the child this disease usually finds.
Fact sheet
- Title
- Joshy-Boy and the Best Club You Never Want to Be a Part Of
- Author
- Rafael J. Hernández
- Illustrator
- Josymar Arteaga
- Publisher / imprint
- Drexel Studios
- Formats
- Paperback and hardcover
- Price
- $12.99 paperback, $23.99 hardcover
- Pages and trim
- 40 pages, 8.5 x 8.5 in
- Release date
- November 22, 2026
- Editions
- English and Spanish, released together
- Age range
- 7 and up
- ISBNs
- 979-8-9977862-0-5 (paperback)
979-8-9977862-2-9 (hardcover) - Contact email
- hello@drexelstudios.com
A note on content. This book deals honestly with serious childhood illness, including the reality that not every child survives. A content note helps grown-ups decide when to share it.