"This is a book not to be missed.Boston Teran writes with masterful skill, his words flowing with power and fury, his dialogue rich and painfully accurate, his tale one that describes a period.fraught with danger, horror and cruelty told with a deft and delicate hand." - Lorenzo Carcaterra, New York Times bestselling author of Sleepers and The Wolf "Boston Teran's A Child Went Forth is one of those rare novels that's as much of an experience as it is a story. Poignant, immersive, at times heartbreaking, always entertaining, it deserves to be discussed in the same breath as Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer and seems destined to become a new American classic." - Russell Blake, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of dozens of action/adventure and mystery novels, including Fatal Exchange , Zero Sum , and Th e Night of the Assassin " A Child Went Forth is engrossing from the beginning, setting up high stakes and dire circumstances for Charlie and everyone he meets along the way. Teran's style is enthralling, showing us the world through Charlie's eyes in the colloquial, frequently humorous voice of a young boy raised by a con man. a stunningly vivid work of historical fiction that adds to an already celebrated career.

" - New York Daily News "Meticulously researched, masterfully plotted, and with a dazzling prose style that captures the time and place so perfectly you'd think it was written in mid-19th century America, A Child Went Forth is a novel to savor. Highly recommended!" - Eric Petersen, Internet Review of Books "Teran's storytelling gifts are amply confirmed with his realistic dialogue and colorful characters that are well-blended into the plot, all of which adds to the richness of the fiction. If we are to describe this novel as purely historical fiction, we would rob it of its uniqueness." - Norm Goldman, Bookpleasures.com ".an involving novel with the unique ability to entertain and educate all at once: a story of resolution, adventure, and America's emerging values as seen through the eyes and experiences of a young man coming of age along with his country. Historical novel readers will find A Child Went Forth to be astute, penetrating, and quite involving." - Diane Donovan, Midwest Book Review " A Child Went Forth is phenomenal, well-researched, and highly recommended historical fiction.

" - Historical Novel Society Review (Editor's Choice).