A Kestrel for a Knave by Barry Hines

A Kestrel for a Knave

Barry Hines

160 pages • first pub 1968 (editions) user-added

fiction classics young adult emotional sad medium-paced
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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 ha...

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Community Reviews

3.95
based on 829 reviews

Moods

sad: 82%

emotional: 76%

reflective: 38%

dark: 28%

challenging: 22%

adventurous: 20%

hopeful: 20%

funny: 16%

inspiring: 14%

tense: 9%

informative: 5%

lighthearted: 4%

Pace

23% of readers chose fast
52% of readers chose medium
23% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

7% of readers chose Plot
18% of readers chose A mix
73% of readers chose Character
1% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

48% of readers chose Yes
23% of readers chose Complicated
26% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

58% of readers chose Yes
31% of readers chose Complicated
8% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

11% of readers chose Yes
6% of readers chose Complicated
75% of readers chose No
5% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

53% of readers chose Yes
21% of readers chose Complicated
23% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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