October Sky

LookingbackafteradistinguishedNASAcareerthatfulfilledhisboyhoodambition,Hickamsharesthestoryofhisyouth,takingreadersintothelifeofthelittleminingtownandtheboyswhocametoembodybothitstensionsanditsdreams.Withthehelp--andsometimeshindrance--ofthepeopleofCoalwood,theRocketBoyslearnnotonlyhowtoturnminescrapsintorocketsthatsoarmilesintotheheavens,buthowtofindhopeinatownthatprogressispassingby.AuniquelyAmericanmemoir,"RocketBoys"isatonceaninspiringchronicleoftriumphandaluminousstoryofamother'slove,afather'sfears,andayoungman'scomingofage.Withtheeffortlessgraceofanaturalstoryteller,HomerHickambeautifullycapturesamomentwhenadyingtown,adividedfamily,andabandofteenagedreamersdaredtolookbeyondtheirdifferencesandsettheirsightsonthestars--andsawafuturethatthenationwasjustbeginningtoimagine.