Maybe change was brought about by a pet, or being involved with a sport. It might be an event such as moving or it might be about people such as your parents. You might include humorous incidents, significant events, joyous, tragic or embarrassing. In her thirteenth winter, she found the courage to confront her problems and. She dreaded school and began having anxiety attacks. For a straight-A student like Samantha, problems like these made no sense. Write about an event that caused change in you. Samantha Abeel couldnt tell time, remember her locker combination or count out change at a checkout counter and she was in seventh grade. Consider change in your own personal life. As Samantha chronicles her struggle - from frustration and failure to full-scale panic attacks and depression she. What ideas come to mind when you think about change in the novel, My 13 th Winter. My Thirteenth Winter is an inspiring story of persistence and strength. She discovered that she was stronger than she'd ever thought possible - and that sometimes, when things look bleakest, hope is always possible.Ĭhange is pervasive and inevitable and can be interpreted as positive or negative. Slowly, Samantha's life began to CHANGE again. But in her thirteenth winter, she found the courage to confront her problems - and was diagnosed with a math-related learning disability. She began having anxiety attacks, losing sleep, distancing herself from friends.

Samantha Abeel couldn't tell time, remember her locker combination, or count out change at a checkout counter - and she was in seventh grade.įor a straight-A student like Samantha, problems like these made no sense.

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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. 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.

Samantha Abeel couldn't tell time, remember her locker combination, or count out change at a checkout counter - and she was in seventh grade.

Annotation: 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.

My Thirteenth Winter by Samantha Abeel