description: The author of October Sky takes readers back to his West Virginia hometown in the fall of 1959. Homer Sonny Hickam and his fellow Rocket Boys are in their senior year, and the town of Coalwood is at a painful crossroads. The strain is also felt by Sonny's family. With the holidays approaching, the arrival of a beautiful outsider brings unexpected changes in both the Hickam family and the town.
language: English
title: Coalwood Way: A Memoir
titlecomplete: Coalwood Way: A Memoir
characters: Homer Hickam
genres: Biography, Coming Of Age, Collections, Memoir, Nonfiction, Science, Autobiography, American History, Biography Memoir, History
ratings_count: 1707
places: Coalwood, West Virginia
series: Coalwood
publisher: Turtleback Books