. . . "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." . . . "My thirteenth winter : a memoir" . "My thirteenth winter : a memoir"@en . . . . . . . . "My 13th winter" . "Overview: 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." . . "Biography" . . . . . "A first-hand account of a math-related learning disability in a thirteen-year-old teenager which focuses on her experiences in the classroom and at Mount Holyoke College." . . "Juvenile materials" . . . "Dyscalculia is a math-related learning disability with which the author was diagnosed at age thirteen." . "My Thirteenth Winter : A Memoir" . "Learning disabled children United States Biography Juvenile literature." . . "Learning disabled children Biography." . . "Learning disorders." . . "Acalculia in children Patients Biography." . . . .