Abeel, making herself vulnerable by revealing all of her thoughts and feelings, invites all of the readers in to get a sense of the daily struggles and hardships that accompany a learning disability. This heart-wrenching yet light-hearted story at times is life-changing. When her parents enlisted the aid of an English teacher to help Samantha focus on her strength by creating writing assignments to be critiqued, she began the project that would become her first book, Reach for the Moon.My Thirteenth Winter is a riveting memoir based on the challenges the author, Samantha Abeel, faces as she grows up with a learning disability. In her seventh-grade creative writing class, Samantha found refuge from the endless classes focused on math, measurements and algebra. She discovered that she was stronger than she'd ever thought possible - and that sometimes, when things look bleakest, hope is closer than you think.Ībout the Author Samantha Abeel was a gifted child who excelled at language arts, yet she often had trouble with seemingly simple math problems. Slowly, Samantha's life began to change again. In her thirteenth winter, she found the courage to confront her problems - and was diagnosed with a learning disability. She dreaded school, and began having anxiety attacks. For a straight-A student like Samantha, problems like these made no sense. Samantha Abeel couldn't tell time, remember her locker combination, or count out change at a checkout counter - and she was in seventh grade.
Young Adult.īook Synopsis In this beautiful and chilling memoir, twenty-five-year-old Samantha Abeel describes her struggles with a math-related learning disability, and how it forced her to find inner strength and courage. Slowly, Samantha's life begins to change again, and she discovers that she is stronger than she'd ever thought possible.
In her 13th winter, she finds the courage to confront her problems-and is diagnosed with a learning disability. About the Book Samantha Abeel dreads school, and begins having anxiety attacks.
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