Summary on Kes

This is the story about a fifteen year old boy, named Billy, who, after being perseverant and patient enough, trains a hawk which is nameD "Kes" by the boy. His life is very taugh in terms of relationships and sucess. He had to struggle against his disfunctional family(composed by his mother, and Jud, his elder brother only because the father has left long ago), verbal violence and abuse, and poverty.
Billy worked as a newspaper boy and attended school, however, there's no one who supports him. One day, he walked across a yard, and found a hawk nest up on a tree, and keeps the little hawk with him, as long as he has it, he becomes even more interested in the animal and the relationship between them, as he started training him, which becomes the aim in his life that satifies him the most.