October Sky (Rocket Boys) by Homer Hickam

October Sky (Rocket Boys)

Coalwood #1

Homer Hickam

448 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction memoir reflective 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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inspiring 82%
hopeful 66%
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emotional 50%
reflective 45%
informative 40%
funny 22%
lighthearted 7%
challenging 5%
sad 5%
relaxing 3%
tense 3%
dark 1%

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fast 7%

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