Rocket Boys
by Hickam, Homer H
Rocket Boys (also known as October Sky) is the first memoir in a series of three, by Homer Hickam, Jr. It is a story of growing up in a mining town, and a boy's pursuit of amateur rocketry in a coal mining town. It won the W.D. Weatherford Award in 1998, the year of its release. Today, it is one of the most often picked community/library reads in the United States. It is also studied in many school systems around the world.
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Rocket Boys: A Memoir
by Hickam, Homer H
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Rocket Boys: A True Story
by Homer H. Hickam
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Rocket Boys
by Homer H. Hickam
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Rocket Boys (The Coalwood Series #1)
by Hickam, Homer H
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