October Sky Book Summary. Summary homer sunny is a smart an talented 9th grader that wanted to start building rockets after dr. Coalwood is in a small town and the main activity is coal mining.
Book 1 in the series: Rocket boys by homer hickham jr, is the story of homer when he was a young man just getting his start in rocket building. Leading season sponsors darlene marcos shiley and gloria rasmussen
The high five principles are seen in the movie as the boy.
Homer grew up in a small town, but dreams to live a life better. Rocket boys (also published under the title october sky.) amazon.com book summary: The book (october sky) in a 1950's mining town called coalwood, homer hickam, or sonny, is a kid with only one future in sight, to work in the coal mine like his father. This is the true story that inspired the feature film october sky.