James Siers was born in 1936.

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The rocket boys from the book "Rocket Boys" by Homer Hickam are Homer Hickam, Jr., Quentin Wilson, Roy Lee Cooke, and Sherman Siers.

James Siers has written:

'New Zealand and the Pacific' -- subject(s): Pictorial works

'The Maori of New Zealand'

'Polynesia in colour' -- subject(s): Pictorial works

'A guide to home decorating in New Zealand' -- subject(s): Interior decoration

'Wellington' -- subject(s): Description and travel

'Samoa in colour' -- subject(s): Pictorial works

'Rarotonga' -- subject(s): Pictorial works, Social life and customs

'Papua New Guinea' -- subject(s): Pictorial works, Social life and customs, Description and travel

'Fiji Islands' -- subject(s): Guidebooks

'Moorea' -- subject(s): Pictorial works

'Taratai' -- subject(s): Scientific expeditions, Taratai (Boat)

'Tonga' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Pictorial works, Social life and customs

There are many changes between the book and the movie, some are minor (like hair color), here are a few:

In the book, Homer gets the autograph picture of Von Braun for Christmas. In the movie, he gets the picture for his birthday along with a chocolate bar.

In the book, Homer is 14. In the movie, he is 17.

Some of the characters in the book do not appear in the movie. For example, Sherman Siers from the book does not appear in the film.

Jimmie O'Dell Caroll and Sherman Siers from the book story are combined into one character: Sherman O'Dell.

In the book, Homer's father's name is Homer Hickam Sr. In the film, it is John Hickam. It is also not mentioned in the film that Homer's name is Homer Hickam Jr.

In the book, Homer's nickname is Sonny. He is not called this in the movie.

Daisy Mae, the cat, does not appear in the movie.

In the movie, Homer drops out of school to work in the mine. In reality, Homer never dropped out of school.

In the book Jim has blond hair; in the movie, he has brown hair

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 4 words with the pattern --SIERS. That is, seven letter words with 3rd letter S and 4th letter I and 5th letter E and 6th letter R and 7th letter S. In alphabetical order, they are:

cosiers

hosiers

rosiers

visiers

Willow Smith, Adam Horovitz, Peter Jackson, Larry Mullen Jr., John Candy, Jane Pauley, Deidre Hall, David Ogden Siers, Michael Landon, Dan Rather, Michael Collins, Barbara Bel Geddes, Dale Evans, Ethel Waters, Chiang Kai-Shek, Juliette Low, John Keats, Han Vermeer