num_pages: 208
description: Life is tough and cheerless for Billy Casper, a troubled teenager growing up in the small Yorkshire mining town of Barnsley. Treated as a failure at school, and unhappy at home, Billy discovers a new passion in life when he finds Kes, a kestrel hawk. Billy identifies with her silent strength and she inspires in him the trust and love that nothing else can, discovering through her the passion missing from his life. Barry Hines's acclaimed novel continues to reach new generations of teenagers and adults with its powerful story of survival in a tough, joyless world.
language: English
title: A Kestrel for a Knave
titlecomplete: A Kestrel for a Knave
characters: Billy Casper
genres: 20th Century, Young Adult, Classics, Childrens, Modern Classics, Novels, Animals, Coming Of Age, Fiction, British Literature
ratings_count: 6432
places: England, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, Yorkshire, England
publisher: Penguin