Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper, a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire boy, tames and trains his pet kestrel falcon whom he names Kes. Helped and encouraged by his English teacher and his fellow students, Billy finally finds a positive purpose to his unhappy existence—until tragedy strikes.
Country:
United Kingdom
Year:
1970
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Tags:
small townunited kingdomsibling relationshipbased on novel or booknorthern englanddysfunctional familybrother brother relationshipenglandworking classsingle parentsibling rivalrycoming of ageteenage boysingle mothergreat britainfalconyorkshirechildhoodbleakmining townneglected childkitchen sink realismnewspaper boybirdkestrelfalconry
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