In seventh grade, Samantha suffered anxiety attacks as she struggled to keep up in her classes, to remember two locker combinations, and to deal with new teachers. explains the symptoms of dyscalculia My Thirteenth Year 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. I feel it outlines the struggles a child with a disability goes through and My Thirteenth Winter Audiobook thoroughlyįor a straight-A student like Samantha, problems like these made no sense. 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 be her first book, Reach for the Moon.I would highly recommend this novel for any classroom special education or general education. In her seventh-grade creative writing class, Samantha found refuge from the endless classes focused on math, measurements and algebra.

About the Author Samantha Abeel was a gifted child who excelled at language arts, yet she often had trouble with seemingly simple math problems. She discovered that she was stronger than shed ever thought possible - and that sometimes, when things look bleakest, hope is closer than you think. Slowly, Samanthas life began to change again. For a straight-A student like Samantha, problems like these made no sense. Samantha Abeel couldnt tell time, remember her locker combination, or count out change at a checkout counter - and she was in seventh grade. Book 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, Samanthas life begins to change again, and she discovers that she is stronger than shed 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.

My Thirteenth Winter by Samantha Abeel