Rocket Boys
by Hickam, Homer
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 pure company 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 (The Coalwood Series #1)
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New York: Delacorte Press, 1998. SIGNED. Purchased New. NF/F. 1st/1st. Twenty-second printing with number line ending with 22. Signed "Aim High! Homer Hickam" on the title page. The unread book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding and good tips. Light crease to top back board near the corner and tiny smudge to front cover. The textblock is… Read more
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