Rocket Boys: A Memoir
by Hickam, Homer
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 038533320X
- ISBN 13
- 9780385333207
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Delacorte Press, 1998. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
Synopsis
Rocket Boys (also known as October Sky) is the first memoir in a series of three, by Homer Hickam, Jr. It is a story of growing up in a mining town, and a boy's pursuit of amateur rocketry in a pure company mining town. It won the W.D. Weatherford Award in 1998, the year of its release. Today, it is one of the most often picked community/library reads in the United States. It is also studied in many school systems around the world.
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- Title
- Rocket Boys: A Memoir
- Author
- Hickam, Homer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 4
- ISBN 10
- 038533320X
- ISBN 13
- 9780385333207
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
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