Barry Hines' 1968 novel Kes blew into schools, along with Ted Hughes' The Hawk in the Wind (1957) and mixed-ability teaching.
The kestrel and the hawk weren't domestic pets, they weren't cute, and they weren't subject to 'rescue' and operations on TV shows.
Kes is this week's Book at Bedtime. (R4, weekdays, 10.45pm.)
North America’s most widely distributed game bird is under threat
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For the first time since 1937, no open permits to hunt ruffed grouse in
Ohio have been issued due to falling numbers
Every November, hundreds of hunters ...
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