Rocket Boys: A Memoir by Homer Hickam

Rocket Boys: A Memoir

Coalwood #1

Homer Hickam

368 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir science reflective medium-paced

Description

"Until I began to build and launch rockets, I didn't know my home town was at war with itself over its children, and that my parents were locked in a kind of bloodless combat over how my brother and I would live our lives. I didn't know that if a ...

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Moods

inspiring 86%
adventurous 66%
hopeful 66%
emotional 56%
informative 43%
reflective 40%
funny 26%
lighthearted 6%
challenging 3%
dark 3%
tense 3%

Pace

medium 74%
slow 19%
fast 6%

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