Rocket Mom

David, whose friends call him Rocket is in the seventh grade at Grover Regional Middle and Elementary School. It is the last day of classes before April vacation and he and his best friend, a girl named James, are very excited. Suddenly they find themselves Locked In! the school. This novel for middle readers is told in alternating narrative by two seventh graders, Rocket and James. Join them for a whole week of adventures and their clumsy attempts to escape.

The dream of a child is important and is a hidden gem that can and will shine in their future. Naveed, The Rocket Engineer is an inspirational book for youth and parents not to give up on the dream, because with God, all things are possible. This book is the true story of the author's son's journey.

When Rocket gets cut from his AAA bantam hockey team, he needs to re-evaluate his priorities. Bryan Rockwood (aka "Rocket") is faced with the unthinkable: being cut from the Huskies -- the AAA hockey team he has played on for three years. With no other teams interested in him, Bryan reluctantly joins a AA team, the Blues, at his best friend Maddy's insistence. Things only get worse when Rocket sees that the Blues don't take hockey seriously. Facing the Huskies in the round robin will give Rocket the chance to prove his skills, but in order to keep his hockey dreams (and his friends) Rocket will have to realize that while hockey is his passion, it is not his entire life.

The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir that inspired the film October Sky, Rocket Boys is a uniquely American memoir—a powerful, luminous story of coming of age at the dawn of the 1960s, of a mother's love and a father's fears, of a group of young men who dreamed of launching rockets into outer space . . . and who made those dreams come true. With the grace of a natural storyteller, NASA engineer Homer Hickam paints a warm, vivid portrait of the harsh West Virginia mining town of his youth, evoking a time of innocence and promise, when anything was possible, even in a company town that swallowed its men alive. A story of romance and loss, of growing up and getting out, Homer Hickam's lush, lyrical memoir is a chronicle of triumph—at once exquisitely written and marvelously entertaining. One of the most beloved bestsellers in recent years, Rocket Boys is a uniquely American memoir. A powerful, luminous story of coming of age at the end of the 1950s, it is the story of a mother's love and a father's fears, of growing up and getting out. With the grace of a natural storyteller, Homer Hickam looks back after a distinguished NASA career to tell his own true story of growing up in a dying coal town and of how, against the odds, he made his dreams of launching rockets into outer space come true. A story of romance and loss and a keen portrait of life at an extraordinary point in American history, Rocket Boys is a chronicle of triumph.

A collection of seven stories deals with life's passages, many revolving around an important event in the main character's life, such as "Second Coming," in which middle-aged Lorenz tells his brother of his plans to marry a younger woman.

Who are Robbie's real parents? Dark dreams haunt the high school freshman in the dark future as he tries to find out if his parents are really who they claim to be. As hard as he tries Robbie cannot remember anything before their move to the robotic world of Rocket City. Soon, Robbie and his newfound friends must survive their first year at Zion High and discover the truth about the mysterious past that unites them. Only years earlier, the Human Army finally won a costly victory in the Cyborg War. The teens will find out for themselves why they can't trust the new government. All is not as it seems, for they are not entirely human themselves. Join four special teens on an action-packed ride full of mystery, trials and suspense. "The Key To Rocket City" is the first of seven books in "The Robbie Velez Series.

This collection of more than 150 speeches aims to capture the essence of American oration, presented in chronological order from 1900 across a range of themes and experience. The book includes many historically important speeches. This collection of more than 150 speeches aims to capture the essence of American oration, presented in chronological order from 1900 across a range of themes and experience. The book includes many historically important speeches, from the early years of the century and Plunkitt's honest grafy' to Clinton's apology to the American people over'