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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 21
Formats
Description
Homer Hickam, the introspective son of a mine superintendent and a mother determined to get him out of Coalwood, West Virginia forever, nurtures a dream to send rockets into outer space--an ambition that changes his life and the lives of everyone living in Coalwood in 1957.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 21
Description
Homer Hickam, the introspective son of a mine superintendent and a mother determined to get him out of Coalwood, West Virginia forever, nurtures a dream to send rockets into outer space--an ambition that changes his life and the lives of everyone living in Coalwood in 1957.
3) October sky
Description
The true story of Homer Hickam Jr., a high school student in rural West Virginia, who seemed destined to repeat his father's harsh life in the coal mines, until he turned his attention to the skies.
4) October sky
Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
True story of a young boy growing up in Coalwood, West Virginia during the 1950's who dreams of building rockets.
Author
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 17
Description
Continuing the story of the Rocket Boys of Coalwood, West Virginia, the author recounts his senior year in high school, while the forces of change bring Coalwood to a difficult crossroads and strain threatens to tear apart the Hickam home.
6) Sky of stone
Author
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 18
Description
The author continues the story of his life with an account of the summer of 1961, which marked the end of his first year of college and the beginning of his dreams to leave his hometown of Coalwood behind.
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