Author: Barry Hines
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 014190383X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Life is tough and cheerless for Billy Casper, a disillusioned teenager growing up in a small Yorkshire mining town. Violence is commonplace and he is frequently cold and hungry. Yet he is determined to be a survivor and when he finds Kes, a kestrel hawk he discovers a passion in life. Billy identifies with her proud silence and she inspired in him the trust and love that nothing else can. Intense and raw and bitingly honest, A KETREL FOR A KNAVE was first published in 1968 and was also madeinto a highly acclaimed film, 'Kes', directed by Ken Loach.
A Kestrel for a Knave
Author: Barry Hines
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 014190383X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Life is tough and cheerless for Billy Casper, a disillusioned teenager growing up in a small Yorkshire mining town. Violence is commonplace and he is frequently cold and hungry. Yet he is determined to be a survivor and when he finds Kes, a kestrel hawk he discovers a passion in life. Billy identifies with her proud silence and she inspired in him the trust and love that nothing else can. Intense and raw and bitingly honest, A KETREL FOR A KNAVE was first published in 1968 and was also madeinto a highly acclaimed film, 'Kes', directed by Ken Loach.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 014190383X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Life is tough and cheerless for Billy Casper, a disillusioned teenager growing up in a small Yorkshire mining town. Violence is commonplace and he is frequently cold and hungry. Yet he is determined to be a survivor and when he finds Kes, a kestrel hawk he discovers a passion in life. Billy identifies with her proud silence and she inspired in him the trust and love that nothing else can. Intense and raw and bitingly honest, A KETREL FOR A KNAVE was first published in 1968 and was also madeinto a highly acclaimed film, 'Kes', directed by Ken Loach.
Kes
Author: Barry Hines
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9781854594860
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
"This new stage adaptation of Barry Hines' well-known film and novel once again proves its gritty charm and popular staying power..." --Back cover.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9781854594860
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
"This new stage adaptation of Barry Hines' well-known film and novel once again proves its gritty charm and popular staying power..." --Back cover.
The Play of Kes
Author: Barry Hines
Publisher: Heinemann
ISBN: 9780435232887
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
The Heinemann Plays series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in durable classroom editions. Many have large casts and an equal mix of boy and girl parts. In this dramatization of Barry Hines's novel, 15-year-old Billy trains a kestrel for whom he learns to feel great affection.
Publisher: Heinemann
ISBN: 9780435232887
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
The Heinemann Plays series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in durable classroom editions. Many have large casts and an equal mix of boy and girl parts. In this dramatization of Barry Hines's novel, 15-year-old Billy trains a kestrel for whom he learns to feel great affection.
A Girl In A Car With A Man
Author: Robert Alan Evans
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780573132179
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780573132179
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Pink Mist
Author: Owen Sheers
Publisher: Nan A. Talese
ISBN: 0385541759
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
From the author of I Saw a Man comes a powerful drama in verse that captures both the trauma of modern warfare and the difficulty of transitioning back to normal life after combat. In early 2008, three young friends from Bristol decide to join the army and are deployed to the conflict in Afghanistan. Within a short space of time the three men return to the women in their lives—a wife, a mother, a girlfriend—all of whom must now share the psychological and physical aftershocks of military service. Written from the points of view of each soldier, Sheers explores not only their experiences in the field of battle, but also the grueling process of recovery following a debilitating injury, the strain of PTSD on a new marriage, and the emotional toll of survivor's guilt among soldiers and their loved ones at home. Drawing on interviews with soldiers and their families, Pink Mist illuminates the enduring human cost of war and its all too often devastating effect upon the young lives pulled into its orbit. A work of great dramatic power, documentary integrity, and emotional intensity.
Publisher: Nan A. Talese
ISBN: 0385541759
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
From the author of I Saw a Man comes a powerful drama in verse that captures both the trauma of modern warfare and the difficulty of transitioning back to normal life after combat. In early 2008, three young friends from Bristol decide to join the army and are deployed to the conflict in Afghanistan. Within a short space of time the three men return to the women in their lives—a wife, a mother, a girlfriend—all of whom must now share the psychological and physical aftershocks of military service. Written from the points of view of each soldier, Sheers explores not only their experiences in the field of battle, but also the grueling process of recovery following a debilitating injury, the strain of PTSD on a new marriage, and the emotional toll of survivor's guilt among soldiers and their loved ones at home. Drawing on interviews with soldiers and their families, Pink Mist illuminates the enduring human cost of war and its all too often devastating effect upon the young lives pulled into its orbit. A work of great dramatic power, documentary integrity, and emotional intensity.
The Diddle That Dummed
Author: Kes Gray
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1444953699
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
A laugh-out-loud musical story full of hilarious word play and silliness from the author of Oi Frog!, brilliantly illustrated by Fred Blunt. Flinty Bo Diddle is writing a tune for his fiddle. All his diddles have lined up nicely - except for one who keeps going DUM, right in the middle! No matter what he tries he just can't get this diddle to diddle like it's supposed to! A story about standing out from the crowd that will have you in fits of giggles! Kes Gray is the author of the top ten bestselling series Oi Frog and Friends, which has sold 1.4 million copies to date.
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1444953699
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
A laugh-out-loud musical story full of hilarious word play and silliness from the author of Oi Frog!, brilliantly illustrated by Fred Blunt. Flinty Bo Diddle is writing a tune for his fiddle. All his diddles have lined up nicely - except for one who keeps going DUM, right in the middle! No matter what he tries he just can't get this diddle to diddle like it's supposed to! A story about standing out from the crowd that will have you in fits of giggles! Kes Gray is the author of the top ten bestselling series Oi Frog and Friends, which has sold 1.4 million copies to date.
Daisy and the Trouble with Coconuts
Author: Kes Gray
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448120403
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
'The trouble with coconuts is they are the worst type of nuts in the whole wide world. If you ask me, coconuts shouldn’t be allowed in a funfair. If you double ask me, they shouldn’t even be allowed to grow. Coconuts are too big. Coconuts are too hairy. Plus, if you try to win one, they just get you into trouble. Which isn’t my fault!' Get up to no good with Daisy as she heads to the funfair - for a whole lot more trouble!
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448120403
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
'The trouble with coconuts is they are the worst type of nuts in the whole wide world. If you ask me, coconuts shouldn’t be allowed in a funfair. If you double ask me, they shouldn’t even be allowed to grow. Coconuts are too big. Coconuts are too hairy. Plus, if you try to win one, they just get you into trouble. Which isn’t my fault!' Get up to no good with Daisy as she heads to the funfair - for a whole lot more trouble!
The Blinder
Author: Barry Hines
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780140470963
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780140470963
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Eat Your Peas
Author: Kes Gray
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1862305706
Category : Children's picture books
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Mom offers increasingly fantastic bribes to get Daisy to eat her peas, but what Daisy actually wants is quite simple.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1862305706
Category : Children's picture books
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Mom offers increasingly fantastic bribes to get Daisy to eat her peas, but what Daisy actually wants is quite simple.
Kes
Author: Robert Alan Evans
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780573150234
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Nominated for a CATS Award for Best Play for Children & Young People. A new adaptation of the classic book A Kestrel for a Knave, Kes tells the story of a day in the life of Billy Casper; a 15-year-old boy about to leave school and determined not to end up working down the pit like his older brother Jud. Billy doesn't know what he'll do, but one thing has changed his life forever, allowing him to soar above the narrow confines of his family and this town, his kestrel hawk, Kes. Kes is the story of Billy's heart. How it came to beat and how it came to break. The play was commissioned by Catherine Wheels Theatre Company.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780573150234
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Nominated for a CATS Award for Best Play for Children & Young People. A new adaptation of the classic book A Kestrel for a Knave, Kes tells the story of a day in the life of Billy Casper; a 15-year-old boy about to leave school and determined not to end up working down the pit like his older brother Jud. Billy doesn't know what he'll do, but one thing has changed his life forever, allowing him to soar above the narrow confines of his family and this town, his kestrel hawk, Kes. Kes is the story of Billy's heart. How it came to beat and how it came to break. The play was commissioned by Catherine Wheels Theatre Company.