Period 7 Blog #2

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 began having anxiety attacks, losing sleep, distancing herself from friends.  But in her thirteenth winter, she found the courage to confront her problems -- and was diagnosed with a math-related 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 always possible.

Change is pervasive and inevitable and can be interpreted as positive or negative.

-         What ideas come to mind when you think about change in the novel, My 13^th Winter.

-         Consider change in your own personal life. Write about an event that caused change in you. You might include humorous incidents, significant events, joyous, tragic or embarrassing. It might be an event such as moving or it might be about people such as your parents. Maybe change was brought about by a pet, or being involved with a sport. How was your life different afterwards?