Rocket Boys (The Coalwood Series #1) by Homer Hickam
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Book Summary Author: Homer Hickam Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2000-01-11 ISBN: 0385333218 Number of pages: 368 Publisher: Delta Product features:
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Book Reviews of the Rocket Boys (The Coalwood Series #1)
Customer Review: Rocket Boys
Summary: 3 Stars
Rocket Boys by Homer Hickman Jr. Is about an inspired teenage boy named Homer who wants to live his dream of being a rocket scientist. His father wishes he would follow him and become a miner for their small town like himself. Homer disagrees with him. After attending the Russian spacecraft Sputnik with his friends is when he decides what he wants to do. At first his father doesn't support him with his idea, but soon Homer gained support by many different people.
Homer lives in a small town in West Virginia called Coalwood. When him and his friends begin making and launching rockets, some people support them when others accuse them of creating forest fires. No matter how many people didn't have faith in them, they never gave up. While studying rockets they thought themselfs calculus. This was to calculate how high and wide the rockets flew. In the beginning they we were weak, they weren't put together right. Once homer and his friends kept on trying they began to launch rockets up to 15,000 feet. Sometimes they would fail, but they never gave up. They began to call themselves, the Rocket Boys.
The Rocket Boys began to enter tournaments for their rockets. They started at their school science fair. They got in first place. Homer continues onto the Nationals. In the nationals Homer got help from the town's people when he lost one of his materials for his rocket. The people got him the material in time for him to compete, and he won first place.
This book was inspiring but long I gained interest from it because of the movie "October Sky". I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys people reaching their dreams and success. This book is about a teenage boy, with problems with girls, friends, school, family, but most of all, rockets.