Homer Hickam is a high school student that is growing up in a company mining town. There are few job opportunities for young men in the town and most follow their father's footsteps and work in the coal mines. However Homer is bright ,and with the encouragement of his teacher Miss Riley, he hopes to have a better life and not suffer with the effects of working in the coal mine. This decision starts many fight between him and his father who feels that working for the mining company is an honorable profession. When the Soviets launch the Sputnik however, Home dreams of launching a rocket into space so he and his friends set about building a small rocket from whatever materials they can scrounge. Homer's father thinks it's all a waste of time but he perseveres and eventually wins the State Science Fair and manages to go on to college. He and his father reconcile their differences.

October Sky was written by Homer Hickam. Describes Homer growing up in the small mining town of......

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Title: October Sky Rough
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