October Sky (Rocket Boys) by Homer Hickam

October Sky (Rocket Boys)

Coalwood #1

Homer Hickam

448 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction memoir adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-paced
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The true story, originally published as Rocket Boys, that inspired the Universal Pictures film.It was 1957, the year Sputnik raced across the Appalachian sky, and the small town of Coalwood, West Virginia, was slowly dying. Faced with an uncertain...

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4.14
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Moods

inspiring: 83%

adventurous: 59%

hopeful: 58%

emotional: 55%

reflective: 45%

informative: 42%

funny: 21%

lighthearted: 7%

sad: 5%

challenging: 4%

relaxing: 3%

tense: 3%

dark: 1%


Pace

6% of readers chose fast
79% of readers chose medium
14% of readers chose slow
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