Faced with an uncertain future, Sonny Hickam aka Homer Hickam, Jr. Nurtured a dream: to learn how to build a rocket so he could work in the space business. As sonny's parents fight in different ways to save their sons, and the people of Coalwood come together to help their Rocket Boys, Sonny and the Big Creek Missile Agency light up the sky with their flaming projectiles and dreams of glory.
Along the way, the boys learn not only how to turn scraps of metal into sophisticated rockets but manage to give the people of Coalwood hope that the future will be brighter, at least for their children.
A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League
Having traveled too far to turn back, Cedric was left to rely on his intelligence and his determination to maintain hope in the unseen—a future of acceptance and reward. In this updated edition, a hope in the unseen chronicles Cedric’s odyssey during his last two years of high school, follows him through his difficult first year at Brown, and tells the story of his subsequent successes in college and the world of work.
Eye-opening, sometimes humorous, and often deeply moving, A Hope in the Unseen weaves a crucial new thread into the rich and ongoing narrative of the American experience. He ate lunch in a classroom most days, knowing that he was really competing with kids from other, plowing through the extra work he asked for, harder schools.
At ballou, Cedric had almost no friends. Broadway Books. The inspiring, true coming-of-age story of a ferociously determined young man who, armed only with his intellect and his willpower, fights his way out of despair. In 1993, cedric jennings was a bright and ferociously determined honor student at Ballou, a high school in one of Washington D.
October Sky Special Edition
With the support of his teacher Laura Dern and three friends, Homer sets out on an inspiring quest to build his own rocket. You'll laugh with it, cry with it, and go away absolutely loving it, " says Robert Butler Knight Ridder News Service of the critically acclaimed October Sky. October Sky.
Sky of Stone: A Memoir Coalwood
But within hours, always cool and distant with his second son, Sonny realizes two things: His father, doesn’t want him there . But it’s a journey he can make only by peering into the mysterious heart of Coalwood itself, and most of all, by unraveling the story of a man’s death and a father’s secret.
In sky of stone, and forgiveness, humor, homer hickam looks down the corridors of his past with love, brilliantly evoking a close-knit community where everyone knows everything about each other’s lives—except the things that matter most. October Sky. And as the days of summer grow shorter, Sonny finds himself changing in surprising ways, taking the first real steps toward adulthood.
But before sonny could reach the seaside fixer-upper where his mother was spending the summer, a telephone call sends him back to the place he thought he had escaped, the gritty coal-mining town of Coalwood, West Virginia. Truly beautiful and haunting.
The Coalwood Way: A Memoir
. October Sky. Memoir. As this luminous memoir moves toward its poignant conclusion. With the same dazzling storytelling that distinguished his first memoir, Homer Hickam takes us deeper into the soul of his West Virginia hometown at a moment when its unique way of life is buffeted by forces of time and change.
The strains can be felt within the Hickam home, where Homer Sr. Broadway Books. Sonny, despite a blossoming relationship with a local girl, finds his own mood darkened by an unexplainable sadness. It is fall 1959. Struggles to save the mine, Elsie, and his wife, is feeling increasingly isolated from both her family and the townspeople.
Homer Hickman.
Wicked River: The Mississippi When It Last Ran Wild
A riveting narrative look at one of the most colorful, and peculiar places in America's historical landscape: the strange, dangerous, wonderful, and mysterious Mississippi River of the 19th century. Beginning in the early 1800s and climaxing with the siege of Vicksburg in 1863, Wicked River brings to life a place where river pirates brushed elbows with future presidents and religious visionaries shared passage with thieves.
Louis harbor being crushed by a massive ice floe; hidden, nefarious celebrations of Mardi Gras; and the sinking of the Sultana, the worst naval disaster in American history. Broadway Books.
A Day No Pigs Would Die
Broadway Books.
Wolf by Wolf: One girl’s mission to win a race and kill Hitler
The prize? an audience with the highly reclusive Adolf Hitler at the Victor's ball in Tokyo. Yael, a former death camp prisoner, has witnessed too much suffering, and the five wolves tattooed on her arm are a constant reminder of the loved ones she lost. This deception becomes more difficult when Felix, her former love interest, Adele's twin brother, and Luka, enter the race and watch Yael's every move.
But as yael grows closer to the other competitors, can she be as ruthless as she needs to be to avoid discovery and stay true to her mission?From the author of The Walled City comes a fast-paced and innovative novel that will leave you breathless. Broadway Books. Homer Hickman. I loved it! I can't wait for the sequel.
Laini taylor, new york times bestselling author of the Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogyHer story begins on a train. The year is 1956, and the Axis powers of the Third Reich and Imperial Japan rule.
October Sky Blu-ray
With the support of his teacher Dern and three friends, Homer sets out on an inspiring quest to build his own rocket. Homer Hickman. Broadway Books. West Virginia. Working in the coal mines was an inescapable way of life in the small town of Coalwood, West Virginia in 1957. Memoir. When high schooler Homer Hickam, Jr.
Little brown Books for Young Readers. Jake gyllenhaal and laura dern star in October Sky, a touching and inspirational drama that's based on a true story. October Sky.
Body by Design: An Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body
Body by design defines the basic anatomy and physiology in each of 11 body systems from a creational viewpoint. Questions at the end of each chapter challenge the student to think through the evidence presented. West Virginia. Memoir. Broadway Books. Every chapter explores the wonder, giving evidence for creation, beauty and creation of the human body, while exposing faulty evolutionistic reasoning.
Homer Hickman. Little brown Books for Young Readers. Used book in Good Condition. Body by design is an ideal textbook for Christian high school or college students.
O Pioneers!
. Homer Hickman. Shrink-wrapped. Memoir.