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Title:
October sky : a memoir
Personal Author EPSB:
Summary:
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.
Other Title:
Rocket boys
Uniform Title:
Rocket boys
Year Published:
2000,

1998
Physical Description:
xvi, 428 p. ; 18 cm.
Note:
"Originally published as Rocket boys."
Grade Interest level:
Adult.
Program Information:
7.5
Personal Subject:
Added Title:
Rocket boys.
ISBN:
9780440235507
Publisher:
New York : Dell, 2000, c1998.