My Thirteenth Winter

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.

Samantha Abeel couldn't tell time, remember her locker combination, or count out change at a checkout counter -- and she was in seventh grade. For a straight-A student like Samantha, problems like these made no sense. She dreaded school, and began having anxiety attacks. In her thirteenth winter, she found the courage to confront her problems -- and was diagnosed with a learning disability. Slowly, Samantha's life began to change again. 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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Published: 01/01/2005
ISBN: 9780439339056
Pages: 203
Weight: 0.37lbs
Size: 8.31h x 5.58w x 0.51d
Award: Schneider Family Book Award - Winner

Review Citations: Kliatt 09/01/2005 pg. 34

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 73836 / My Thirteenth Winter: A Memoir
Reading Level: 7.1 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 9