October Sky (novel)
October Sky (originally published as Rocket Boys) 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 coal 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. October Sky was followed by The Coalwood Way (2000) and Sky of Stone (2002).
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October Sky (novel)
October Sky (originally published as Rocket Boys) 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 coal 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. October Sky was followed by The Coalwood Way (2000) and Sky of Stone (2002).
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October Sky (originally publis ...... ctober Sky shortly afterwards.
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Rocket Boys (também conhecido ...... como October Sky pouco depois.
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Rocket Boys est le premier d'u ...... ion au cinéma, Ciel d'octobre.
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629.1/092/273 B 21
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0-385-33320-X
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TL789.85.H53 A3 1998
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Delacorte Press(United States)
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October Sky (originally publis ...... 2000) and Sky of Stone (2002).
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Rocket Boys (também conhecido ...... (2000) e Sky of Stone (2002).
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Rocket Boys est le premier d'u ...... ion au cinéma, Ciel d'octobre.
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October Sky (novel)
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Rocket Boys
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Rocket Boys
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October Sky
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