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UNTIL i BEGAN to build and launch rockets, I didn't know my hometown was at war with itself over its children and that my parents were locked in a kind of bloodless combat over how my brother and I would live our lives. Read the first page
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These are the most frequently used words in this book.
again
another
asked
auk
behind
big
black
book
boys
called
came
car
class
coal
coalwood
come
company
creek
dad
day
door
dorothy
down
even
eyes
face
father
feet
first
football
front
get
go
going
good
got
hand
head
heard
home
house
ing
inside
jake
jim
knew
know
lee
let
little
look
looked
man
men
mine
miners
miss
mom
mother
mountain
mr
need
new
next
night
now
old
people
put
quentin
right
rocket
room
roy
sat
saw
say
school
see
seemed
sherman
something
sonny
still
stood
take
tell
thing
think
thought
time
told
took
turned
two
want
wanted
went
work
years
