Genre: Memoir
Plot: Sonny Hickam, the main character in this book grew up in a mining-infested town in West Virginia, known as Coalwood. He was inspired to build rockets when he saw the first artificial satellite, Sputnik in the sky. With his friends and the local nerd, they set out to make rockets with many trials and errors. His father was disappointed in him because he wasn't going to grow up as a typical miner in Coalwood. Everyone in the town thought he was wasting his time trying to learn about rockets. Sonny and his friends then get in contact with his science teacher, who helps them create and shoot the rockets into the air.
My Opinion: In my opinion, this book would receive a 10/10 because of the many connections to the real world. It showed many problems that a teenager would face in this day and age. (There is also an award-winning movie about it too!)
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