Kestrel for a Knave - Couverture rigide

Hines, Barry

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0080064310 ISBN 13 : 9780080064314

Editeur : Elsevier Science Ltd, 1969

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Billy Casper is a boy with nowhere to go and nothing to say; part of the limbo generation of school leavers too old for lessons and too young to know anything about the outside world. He hates and is hated. His family and friends are mean and tough and they're sure he's going to end up in big trouble. But Billy knows two things about his own world. He'll never work down the mines and he does know about animals. His only companion is his kestrel hawk, trained from the nest, and, like himself, trained but not tamed, with the will to destroy or to be destroyed. This in not just another book about growing up in the north - it's as real as a slap in the face to those who think that orange juice and comprehensive schools have taken the meanness out of life in the raw working towns.

Présentation de l'éditeur

One of the 'New Windmills' series offering classic and contemporary fiction for schools to suit a range of ages and tastes. Determined not to follow his brother down the pit, Billy Casper is floundering at school and under pressure at home, but the wild hawk he finds and trains gives him a direction and passion.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Elsevier Science Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1969
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0080064310
• ISBN 13: 9780080064314
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 198
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible