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ROCKET BOYS
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| By: |
Homer Hickam |
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Paperback |
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£12.99 |
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£9.48 |
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£3.51 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0008166080 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780008166083 |
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| Publisher: |
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS |
| Pub. date: |
19 November, 2015 |
| Pages: |
384 |
| Description: |
Previously published in paperback as October Sky.Three years in the life of Homer `Sonny' Hickam, from the moment he sees the Sputnik satellite overhead in West Virginia to his successful launch of a prizewinning rocket. |
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Previously published in paperback as October Sky.Three years in the life of Homer `Sonny' Hickam, from the moment he sees the Sputnik satellite overhead in West Virginia to his successful launch of a prizewinning rocket.In 1957, Coalwood, West Virginia, was a town the post-war boom never quite reached, and dominated by the black steel towers of the mine. For fourteen-year-old Homer `Sonny' Hickam there are only two routes in life: a college football scholarship, or a life underground. But from the moment the town turns out to watch the world's first space satellite, Sputnik, as it passes overhead, Sonny and his friends embark on a mission of their own - to form the Big Creek Missile Agency, and build a rocket.Looking back after a distinguished career as a NASA engineer, Homer Hickam tells the warm, vivid story of youth and ambition that inspired the 1999 film October Sky. It is the tale of a group of teenage boys who dared to imagine a life beyond the confines of the coal pit, and went on to design, build and launch the rockets that would change their lives, and their town, forever. |
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UK |
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Fourth Estate Ltd |
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Returnable |
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