Super Short Summary

Published in 2003, My Thirteenth Winter by Samantha Abeel provides a compelling account of her life with dyscalculia—a learning disability impacting her ability to understand numbers and logical processes—complicated by her dual status as an intellectually gifted student excelling in language. Abeel hopes her story will help others with similar challenges and offers insights for educators into the complexities of students like her. The book addresses trauma, anxiety, and depression.