Jerod’s Comments (group member since Oct 14, 2016)

Jerod’s comments from the F 16 Junior English group.

This book contains the story of how Homer Hickam (Sonny) and his friends built and launched rockets from scratch in a small town called Coalwood in 1957. Sonny being the leader of their rocket club does his best to come up with new ideas for their rockets while dealing with struggles at home at the same time. Readers will learn about how resourcefulness, sacrifice, and perseverance led to Sonny becoming a NASA engineer while reading the book October Sky. The book does a really good job at describing moments and struggles in Sonny's life; like how his Dad tried to pressure him into working at the local coal mine for the rest of his life which isn’t a surprise since he wrote it himself. October Sky is a book for anyone who has an interest in subjects like history, science, and engineering. Personally I really enjoyed reading this book since I learned a lot from it and found it to be rather interesting.