A Kestrel for a Knave

This Is A Powerful Story Of Survival In A Tough, Joyless World. Billy Casper Is A Troubled Teenager Growing Up In A Yorkshire Mining Town. Beaten By His Drunken Brother, Ignored By His Mother And Failing At School, He Seems Destined For A Hard, Miserable Life Down The Pits. But 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.