Review: Nostalgia At Its Finest...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 19, 2014
Jessie is a nostalgic, historical piece about a young boy in his early teens coming of age with only one thing on his mind--the NASA space program. Wanting to be an astronaut was a dream that he couldn't ignore if he wanted to seeing that the launch pad for the rockets and ships were only a mile or so from his backyard.Don't think that the book was solely about space and astronauts because Jessie was coming up in a very changing time that included the Vietnam War, the draft, integration, as well as the occasional bully or two or three. However, Jessie persevered through hardships and yes a few tragedies to make it to the end point of watching a man walk on the moon.I truly did love this read. The comradery shared amongst his brothers was more than amazing. I can only imagine the life in that time...being a mother working 3 jobs in a house with 4 teenage sons. I recommend this book to anyone looking for a feel-good story.