Book - 1979 - Birdy - By William Wharton
Pre-Owned. Copyright 1978
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Birdy is about the lifelong friendship between two boys in Philadelphia, the shy and bird-obsessed Birdy and his tough, conventional friend Al, and how their dreams are shattered by the horrors of World War II. The story is told from both of their perspectives as Al visits Birdy in an army mental hospital after the war, and Birdy recounts his lifelong obsession with flight, which becomes his reality as a way to cope with the trauma.