For the past several months, I’ve been spending my mornings and late nights in the summer of 1976.
I’ve walked railroad tracks with an eleven-year-old boy named Birdy, met people I won’t soon forget, and discovered that some stories don’t simply get written—they slowly reveal themselves.
There are still edits ahead, but if all goes according to plan, BIRDY will be released this December.
I won’t say much about it just yet.
Only this…
It’s a story about childhood.
About friendship.
About the things we carry.
About the people who teach us to be brave.
And about discovering that sometimes the hardest journey isn’t finding somewhere else… it’s finding your way home.
I hope, before long, you’ll get to meet Birdy.
I have a feeling you’ll remember him for a very long time.
—John F. Toles
Candle in a Cave 