Rocket Boys
| Title: | Rocket Boys (The Coalwood Series #1) |
| Author: | Homer H. Hickam
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| Year First Published: | 1998 |
| Page Count: | 368 |
| Synopsis: | The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir that inspired the film October Sky, Rocket Boys is a uniquely American memoir—a powerful, luminous story of coming of age at the dawn of the 1960s, of a mother's love and a father's fears, of a group of young men who dreamed of launching rockets into outer space . . . and who made those dreams come true. With the grace of a natural storyteller, NASA engineer Homer Hickam paints a warm, vivid portrait of the harsh West Virginia mining town of his youth, evoking a time of innocence and promise, when anything was possible, even in a company town that swallowed its men alive. A story of romance and loss, of growing up and getting out, Homer Hickam's lush, lyrical memoir is a chronicle of triumph—at once exquisitely written and marvelously entertaining. A story of romance and loss and a keen portrait of life at an extraordinary point in American history, Rocket Boys is a chronicle of triumph. |
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| Focus | Coming of Age | Setting | North America |
| Focus | Parent/Child | Setting | Small Town |
| Main Character | Male | Time Period | Contemporary |
| Main Character | Teen | Type | Happy Ending |
Series (that include this book):
- This is #1 in the Coalwood
series.
aka October Sky
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