Syracuse, New York, had a population of 145,170 according to the 2010 United States Census.
Patricia Barber Polacco -LRB- born July 11 , 1944 , Lansing , Michigan -RRB- is an American author and illustrator .. American. United States. She struggled in school because she was unable to read until age 14 due to dyslexia ; she found relief by expressing herself through art .. dyslexia. dyslexia. Polacco endured teasing and hid her disability until a school teacher recognized that she could not read and began to help her .. Her book Thank You , Mr. Falker is Polacco 's retelling of this encounter and its outcome .. She also wrote such books as Mr. Lincoln 's Way and The Lemonade Club .