Personally, I thought OCTOBER SKY was a great book. The book takes the reader through all of the emotions. Some of the emotions included were sympathy with what Homer and his friends went through, happiness with their successes, and eagerness to get to next page.

I have to say, I almost put the book down in the beginning. After I got through the first fifty pages (the introduction), the book gets really good. I was actually surprised how good it got to be when I got to the “juicy” part of the book! It had a great ending. The ending was kind of a little sadder than I thought it would be, though.

My favorite character in this book was Sonny (Homer) because he knew what he wanted and reached for it. That is what I like. I like when people know what they want and try to get it with all of their strength. My most hated character in the book was Sonny’s dad. He cared more about that mine than his own family. He also didn’t treat his son as equally important. He gave Jim (Sonny's older brother) more attention than Sonny because Jim was on the all-important football team.

My favorite part of the book is when Sonny’s dad finally started to pay attention to him. My least favorite part of the book is when his cat, Daisy Mae, got killed by one of the mad miners. It was kind of depressing when he was burying the cat and crying all over the place.

A Little Bit About the Reviewer, Jonathan 8th Grade: I love sleeping, reading, watching tv, eating candy, excelling on my instrument, and playing video games. I want to become a anesthesiologist or a surgeon of some sort.