October Sky

October Sky

October Sky is definitely one of the best books I have ever read. * I think the real turning point in the book and in Sonny¿s life is the Bump. I would say that Roy Lee is my favorite character because he likes to have a lot of fun and is funny and I can relate to that. I had fun reading this book because it is very funny and is very adventurous. I also thought that the theme of this book can be very inspiring to many people and that¿s sometimes rare and I think that is very unique.
I feel like Homer Hickam was very descriptive in October Sky I felt like I was actually at the launch pad when he rockets took off. Mr. Hickam also had a very wide range of vocabulary of when the rockets took off, like (it vroomed off, it wooshed off, it shot off). *My Favorite Part of the book is at the very end when his dad launches off the last rocket, because it seemed like that¿s all he ever wanted was his dad to see what he can do and when his dad launched that rocket his dad not only saw, but felt how much sonny could do.

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I would highly recommend you to read this book

Book title and author: October sky Homer Hickem

October sky is an ok book its about a small mining town called coal wood .A boy who wasn't very wealthy and didn't have much and one day decided to get all of his friends together and build a rocket. After blowing his moms fence up he started thinking about it and they made some pretty good rockets.

Description and summary of main points
They got into trouble for shooting one off on company property homers dad told them no more rockets. So they went to a whole new place. I want say so I want ruin it for you.

Your final review
This is a Farley good book so I encourage every one who reads this to read the book .This seems to be
a good book review.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Great Book For All Ages

October Sky is an incredible book about the story of Sonny Hickam, the son of a coal miner. The story takes place in McDowell County, West Virginia. Coalwood is the small town where coal mining is the main job, and most boys go into the mine at a young age.
Sonny¿s father is the head of the mine, and wants Sonny to follow in his footsteps. Sonny does not wish to go into the mine; however, and feels pretty strongly about his decision. One part in the book where he expresses this is when he talks about his dog falling down the mine shaft, and his father bringing home the dog¿s limp body. This and other parts show the worst of coal mining.
The main plot in this book is about Sonny and his friends attempting to build a rocket after seeing the Russian Sputnik fly over Coalwoood. Once that part occurs, the mood of the book changes. Sonny begins to build rockets, fight with his father, deal with women, and learn to be responsible all at the same time.
Homer Hickam dives deep into his life in this book and reveals thoughs he has accumulated over the years. His writing style is easy to understand and gives description so that you can visually tell what he is writing about. This book is great, and audiences of all ages can enjoy Sonny¿s life in October Sky.

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If you like a story with a good meaning this is the book for you.

October Sky Book Review


This book is basically about a young boy named sonny that lives with his family in a coal mining town in West Virginia. He deals with the fact that his brother Jim is better at sports and has got the good girl and gets along better with their dad.

The setting is right around the time of the launching of the sati light sputnik and sonny takes a real interest in it along with a few of his friends. (Spoiler alert) sonny gets so interested in that they build some rockets of their own and at first they have some trouble with it.

I truly recommend this book to any one who likes to read. I must warn you its not a book that you can just skim over you have to take your time. I want say to much more so I don¿t give any thing away but I have to say it was a great book with a very real meaning.

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October Sky Review

I didn¿t like the book because it was slow to find out the plot. Basically it was about a kid who didn¿t like his in a coal mining town and wanted to build rockets. The main character is Sonny. I wouldn¿t recommend this book to people that don¿t have a good patience, a good attention span, or don¿t like to read. If you skim books and read fast you wouldn¿t understand it.
Something I would recommend to the writer is making it more exciting. If they used more exhilarating sentences it wouldn¿t be as slow. My favorite part was when they started building rockets. I like the main character Sonny. He is sometimes funny and I can sometimes relate to him. I hope this review helped you make a decision if you want to read the book or not.

2 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

Good Book

October Sky is a good book it made me get very into the book a little ways through. I liked how sonny gets very interested into rockets and wants to get one flying really far. Spoiler alert! My favorite part of the book is when sonny gets drunk. It¿s very funny but not good.
He lives in coal wood and he loves to build rockets. He builds a lot of rockets and has tried different types of nozzles to see if it is getting better. The book is very interesting. If you¿re the type of reader that likes dramatic happenings and like to read a lot then I would read this book.

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One of Hickam's fine works....

Hickam, Jr. keeps coming at you with truth after truth, and its breathtaking to see the development of this teen of whom Hickam writes- himself. I couldn¿t stand nearing the end, the pages growing thinner and thinner, until there was only the cover.

2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

this book is not highley recommended by me but read it and see what you think

By Shawn Salmons
This book isn't highly recommended by me and throughout the essay I will explain why.
This book is about a young group of boys, who wanted to fire off rockets but as they try as many people that can stop them try to. The more the boys fire the better they become, but when they think everything's going well tragedy strikes and cops show up at their school. When the boys fire off one of their first successful rockets they "burn down a forest."

The seven rocket boys have to use their wits to overcome most of the situations they get themselves into. Even when push came to shove they pulled themselves out of the situation. At whatever cost they had to suffer whether it was police or even an injury they overcame it.
I do not think the book is worth reading I never really understood why the boys wanted to fire rockets or what even caught their interest. The book may be good for some other people but the book just wasn't for me it wasn't a bad book but in my opinion I just didn't like it. The few parts in the book that were good is when the young boy (Homer Hickam) made a oath to work for his family sake. The young boy was very brave to do so and I respect him for what he did.

Every situation of this "October Sky" was a stunning/shocking one but somehow the boys found a way to overcome the bad and embrace the good. No matter the situation the boys did everything and anything they wanted to, for themselves and anyone they wanted to help.
The ending of the story was a very shocking ending as well the boys understood everything that was thrown at them. The end was a scholarship for many and a very important lesson in life. The rockets were finally perfected to go state and won a fair prize and won many scholarships for all the "Rocket Boys

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you most read this book.

Book Review Outline
Book title and author: OCTOBER SKYS Homer Hickman
Title of review: book review
Number of stars (1 to 5): 5

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Description and summary of main points


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My book report is about October Sky's. Well this is some reasons why I chose this book from my review. Ok to start with I chose this book because it is a very good book. This book is also interesting and under standing. This is one of the greatest books I have ever read. The main part of this story is about this boy that lives in coal wood and he builds rockets. He is very smart because he built a bunch of rockets. He also tries to get his father to watch his rockets. Then in the story his father watches his rockets and is very proud.......... My favorite part in the story is when he builds the rocket and it hit the build. It is the most addictive book I have ever read and it is pretty funny. I would so recommend this book to every one in the world. That is some reasons I liked this book.......... But I have some more reasons why Liked this book. The other thing I like this book is it is not fake it is a real story. He is a real boy from West Virginia. Then he is a young boy and is very talented. That is all I can say for now well bye..........



I WOULD RECOMED THIS BOOK IT IS GOOD......... SHANNON W pirate 13

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October Sky Book Review

October Sky, by Homer "Sonny" Hickam is the memoir of his youth in a coalmining town, called Coalwood, and his experiments with rockets. Hickam writes about his experience with his friends his Roy Lee, Odell, Sherman, Billy, and Quentin and their launching rockets and improving them. Sonny faces problems with his rockets and people who disagree with his launching but he continues to strive to new heights.

In Coalwood West Virginia, you either become a miner or join the army, but Sunny sets out to become a Rocket Engineer, through the encouragement of Miss Riley his teacher, his Mother, and various people in the town. Many people such as his father believe Sonny should become a miner or engineer, but Sonny begins to believe he is destined for space. The BCMA is able to create rockets that fly thousands of feet and eventually miles. Sonny becomes so proud of his rockets he decides to eventually work to winning the national science fair.

Homer Hickam is able to weave the science of rocket building and their various experiments with his life in Coalwood and normal teenage problems. Hickam shows the process the boys went through to create working rockets. I overall found the book very interesting, but I also found it a little dull at some times when they dicussed Coal Mining.

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October Sky Review By: Dalton Davenport

The true story of Homer Hickam Jr.'s rise to being one of the most famous rocket scientists ever is truly an awe inspiring story. The book October Sky takes place in Coalwood, West Virginia and tells the tale of Homer Jr. building and experimenting with rockets. I thought that the book was great because it showed that even the most hopeless dreams can come true. Homer faced many challenges throughout the book and overcame every single one of them to reach his dream. For example, he overcame his father's disapproval of building experimenting with rockets and the scarcity of materials where he could build his rockets. I also like the story because Homer's character is real. He constantly strives to make better rockets so that he can beat the Russians in the space race and because he wants to be just like Dr. Wernher von Braun. Dr. Wernher von Braun is Homer Jr.'s role model and it because of him and other people close to him like Miss Riley and Homer's Mom are what influence him to build rockets. I give the book a "Two Thumbs Up." It left me satisfied and wanting to read more about the life of Homer Hickam Jr. I recommend for all ages and think everyone should read this book in their lifetime.

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October Sky book review

October Sky is about a boy that lives in West Virginia. Sonny (the main character) starts a club that builds rockets, The Big Creek Missile Agency. The other BCMA members are Quentin, O¿Dell, Roy Lee, Billy, and Sherman. Sonny¿s brother Jim is a popular football player at their high school. Dorothy is the girl that Sonny is in love with but she does not love him back.
I would recommend this book to kids over thirteen. In some parts it gets really boring and might put you to sleep when they keep talking about rockets and math. On the other hand there are some really exciting parts that are very well written.
My option is this book is pretty good, but sometimes it gets a little boring.

*Spoiler Alert*
Sonny¿s brother Jim takes Dorothy to a dance. Sonny gets really upset and will not talk to his brother.

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A great read for all

This is a wonderful story about a little coalmining town in West Virginia. I really like how Sonny¿s mom supports his idea to build rockets even though it is not what the average boy would do. It is really heartwarming how much the boys care about and support each other. Sonny and his friends face some hard times while trying to build a successful rocket. Sonny tries really hard to get the materials and the knowledge that he needs to fulfill his dream.

Sonny¿s hard work pulls off when he *Spoiler Alert* wins the science fair.
This story is about friendship, love, and the little thing inside of us that pushes us to pursue our dreams. If you have ever been n a situation where all odds were against you I think that you should definitely read this book. I am sure glad that I did.

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October Sky

This story is very descriptive. It is exciting and funning. Sonny is very smart and solves most of his problems. He also stands up for what he believes in even though his dad does not believe in him. His dad must have had a hard time teaching him self calculus, but he is very smart.
*In this story when the kids at the science fair took Homer¿s rocket equipment I thought he would lose. Home had a hard life and worked through it. Homer didn¿t let anyone in his way. It was his dream and he wasn¿t going to give up.

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One of Hickam's best books yet...

First off this is a really good book, and I extremely recommend it to any young or old reader. The plot is like four boys and a lot of adults are trying to build and launch a rocket. My favorite part is when he first tries to launch a rocket and he blows up his mom¿s rose garden fence.
I think that the characters are really unique. Even though they are real he changed the names. I kind of wish he wouldn¿t have.

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October Sky

The book was not very absorbing. I wouldnt recomend it, I only read it because I had to for school.

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I read this book and I think it was kinda weird. The rocket part was good. I only give it a three because it drags one. It gets pretty boring

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October Sky - Great Book.

October Sky was a very interesting book. It started off quite slow, but about a fourth of the way in, it becomes interesting. The storyline of the book is impressive, seeing as it follows a Young Mans journey through High School. The book had it's boring parts, and yet it's exciting ones. It was a great book, and will probably be a good movie.

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October Sky( commonly known as Rocketboys) is truly a masterpiece.

This book is an enthralling autobiography that shows the power of a community working together and the power of hard work. Unlike other autobiographys that I have read this book really sucked me into the story. I laughed many times and felt sad when Mr. Bykovski died. Anyone young or old should love this book.

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I love this book

October Sky by, Homer H. Hickam, jr. is a great book about Homer. He is a kid growing up in Coalwood, WV. The book takes place around the 1950s he is a boy fascinated by science. In particular space and how to get rockets in to space he loved to read books about science-fiction. Coalwood was a coal mining town in McDowell, WV his dad Homer Hickam worked all his life in that mine and his mom was Elsie Hickam his brother was the big star in Coalwood he played on the football team he was one of the best players on the team.

I thought the book was very good and I suggest it to you if your looking for a good book to read. It has suspense and comedy there are some pretty funny parts in it. I think this is one of the best books I have ever read in my life.