October Sky
Throughout the summer of 1958, explosions rocked the hills and hollows near Coalwood, West Virginia. The first blasts terrified miners and their families. Had the mine blown up? Were the Russians attacking? But when the echoes died away, folks shrugged and said, "It's just those damn rocket boys!"
The book seems to have the required elements; a noble, inquisitive young kid overcoming hurdles placed in front of him by family, location and education to achieve success, both in the short and long term. Throw in a little danger, teen-age angst, and a sexual coming-of-age subplot, and all the required elements for an engrossing story are there. Despite Hickam’s less than stellar prose, the story manages to effectively convey a bittersweet poignancy as the humble coal miner’s son journeys to the epitome of technological status: becoming a literal “rocket scientist”.
While most of his peers in Coalwood, W.Va., in the late 1950s were enjoying their last years of sunlight before starting......
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