The sequel to the acclaimed Rocket Boys continues the story of Coalwood, West Virginia, as the author and his fellow Rocket Boys face their senior year at Big Creek High, while the forces of change bring Coalwood to a difficult crossr...
Inspired by Werner von Braun and his Cape Canaveral team, 14-year-old Homer Hickam decided in 1957 to build his own rockets. They were his ticket out of Coalwood, West Virginia, a mining town that everyone knew was dying--everyone exc...
The Keeper's Son (Josh Thurlow Novels...
Homer HickamOn the island of Killakeet off the coast of the Carolinas in the midst of World War II, young Josh--son of the lighthouse keeper there--is now head of the Coast Guard station, rescuing boats menaced offshore by the German U-boats that...
The Ambassador's Son (Josh Thurlow No...
Homer HickamThe thrilling, quirky adventures of WWII Coast Guard Lt. Josh Thurlow continue in this sequel to THE KEEPER’S SON. Josh is patrolling the Solomon Islands when he’s given a new assignment: arrest or execute Lt. David Armist...
Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat Tr...
Homer HickamBig Fish meets The Notebook in this emotionally evocative story about a man, a woman, and an alligator that is a moving tribute to love, from the New York Times bestselling author of the award-winning memoir Rocket Boys—the basis of...
A MINING COLONY ON THE MOON. A DEADLY MISSION. AND A SECRET BIGGER THAN TWO WORLDS.It's the 22nd Century. A tough, pioneering people mine the moon for Helium-3 to produce energy for a desperate, war-torn Earth.Sixteen-year-old Crater ...
Crater Trueblood and the Lunar Rescue...
Homer HickamCrater Trueblood has to rescue his ex-girlfriend . . . and the entire human race.Watch the video trailer! youtube.com/watch?v=drAl-Rnjwk4Maria Medaris is the 21-year-old matriarch of the most powerful family on the moon--gorgeous, po...
Her motto is "Life is Death! Death is Life!" Can a warrior trained from birth to kill be trusted?Crescent is a gene-tweaked mercenary programmed to fight to the death. (Trailer at youtube.com/watch?v=Wz5Pw_tm8Yo) When she'...