{"product_id":"rocket-boys-homer-hickam-9780008166083","title":"Rocket Boys","description":"\u003cp\u003ePreviously published in paperback as October Sky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThree years in the life of Homer 'Sonny' Hickam, from the moment he sees the Sputnik satellite overhead in West Virginia to his successful launch of a prizewinning rocket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e In 1957, Coalwood, West Virginia, was a town the post-war boom never quite reached, and dominated by the black steel towers of the mine. For fourteen-year-old Homer 'Sonny' Hickam there are only two routes in life: a college football scholarship, or a life underground. But from the moment the town turns out to watch the world's first space satellite, Sputnik, as it passes overhead, Sonny and his friends embark on a mission of their own - to form the Big Creek Missile Agency, and build a rocket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLooking back after a distinguished career as a NASA engineer, Homer Hickam tells the warm, vivid story of youth and ambition that inspired the 1999 film October Sky. It is the tale of a group of teenage boys who dared to imagine a life beyond the confines of the coal pit, and went on to design, build and launch the rockets that would change their lives, and their town, forever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Homer Hickam","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":46749193896179,"sku":"8880002752389","price":8.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9780008166083.jpg?v=1740509993","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/rocket-boys-homer-hickam-9780008166083","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}