For English, and science, I read this book – October
Sky. I thought that it was very interesting, and very cool to read this story,
and find out that it is a true story; it actually happened. Although when I
read books I imagine them in my head and well… This one I would not have known
that it is true unless I looked in the book and saw that. I loved this story
and it was a very good read. So to see what else I thought of it; here is my
review that I wrote about October Sky.
This is a story that will ignite your imagination; it will
leave you yearning for more. When I read this I didn't want to read it at
first, I was doing it for a school project and tried to get through it as fast
as I could. But I discovered that it was actually a really good, well written
story that I liked.
Sonny lives in Coal wood, West Virginia. His dad runs the mine there in Coal wood, and hopes that Sonny will someday run the mine too. But Sonny has a different dream. He has always been different than all the other kids. He never really found his place, until he discovered rockets. Sonny has always been fascinated with space; he is excited and inspired when science engineers try to launch a satellite into space after Russia successfully launched their satellite, Sputnik. Sonny decides he wants to start building rockets, but he doesn't know enough to build one. So with the help of his friends, they start building rockets, and making their dreams come true. Every time they launch a rocker they learn something new, something to improve their rockets. Eventually Sonny and his fiends enter their rocket in the science fair, hoping to win and become rocket engineers.
This was a great book. I loved how it gave you enough information about the rockets to kind of know what they were talking about, but not so much that it was so confusing and you had no clue what it meant. I loved that this was a true story, and nothing was hidden, the whole truth was there. Here is a quote I loved because it showed description and in a fun way too. "Auk XVI suddenly jumped off the pad and flew straight up into the sky, a white plume of rocket candy fire and smoke sizzling behind." I have always loved when authors describe things so well it is like you could have been there yourself. Another quote. "There are Americans I'm a lot more afraid of than the Russians." Now I love this quote! Because seriously, I am totally more scared of people I know and care about, then people who I have no clue who they are! This is a very inspiring story and I think that every one could learn or take some thing from this and make the world a better place.
Sonny lives in Coal wood, West Virginia. His dad runs the mine there in Coal wood, and hopes that Sonny will someday run the mine too. But Sonny has a different dream. He has always been different than all the other kids. He never really found his place, until he discovered rockets. Sonny has always been fascinated with space; he is excited and inspired when science engineers try to launch a satellite into space after Russia successfully launched their satellite, Sputnik. Sonny decides he wants to start building rockets, but he doesn't know enough to build one. So with the help of his friends, they start building rockets, and making their dreams come true. Every time they launch a rocker they learn something new, something to improve their rockets. Eventually Sonny and his fiends enter their rocket in the science fair, hoping to win and become rocket engineers.
This was a great book. I loved how it gave you enough information about the rockets to kind of know what they were talking about, but not so much that it was so confusing and you had no clue what it meant. I loved that this was a true story, and nothing was hidden, the whole truth was there. Here is a quote I loved because it showed description and in a fun way too. "Auk XVI suddenly jumped off the pad and flew straight up into the sky, a white plume of rocket candy fire and smoke sizzling behind." I have always loved when authors describe things so well it is like you could have been there yourself. Another quote. "There are Americans I'm a lot more afraid of than the Russians." Now I love this quote! Because seriously, I am totally more scared of people I know and care about, then people who I have no clue who they are! This is a very inspiring story and I think that every one could learn or take some thing from this and make the world a better place.
This term in class we are reading:
Walk Two Moons
To Kill a Mockingbird
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