My only regret would be that, like Sam Abeel, I never understood I was not alone and could overcome the challenge of learning. It is also helpful for those who provide psychiatric services, because it helps children struggling with learning disabilities to understand that they are not the only ones who have them. SCHOLASTIC writes, My Thirteenth Winter is an. The book speaks for all of us and gives a great message. Samantha is amazingly talented, and yet, must constantly deal with learning disabilities and social difficulties. I would absolutely recommend this book, both to someone who has a learning disability and also to someone who doesn't know much about the toll it takes on a child's life.

It comforted me to know that I was not the only one who had gone through these problems, and reading the book made me comfortable with myself. I could identify feelings that the character talked about and could remember when I was going through a similar situation. I found myself getting excited-finally someone had written about what I had felt for a long time, struggling with my own learning disability. The book teaches a lesson to everyone: how to overcome an obstacle and make the best out of the person you are. Her style of writing makes the reader feel like the author and reader are friends and that she is speaking to only the reader. My Thirteenth Winter, Samantha Abeels honest, hopeful autobiography, is an. Even people who don't have a learning disability can read the book and find it meaningful. Dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. The book also provides insight into the girl's life and her growing up. 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. She talks about the struggle that she has and the challenges that come with the disorder. A terrific book called My Thirteenth Winter tells the story of a girl who grows up with a learning disability in math, time, and sequencing called dyscalculia.

My thirteenth winter a memoir