Bookpleasures Calls Boston Teran's New Novel "Absorbing, Captivating, and Realistic."

Boston Teran's epic new novel, A Child Went Forth, is set during the abolitionist era of the 1850s and follows 13-year-old con man Charlie Griffin who finds himself tasked with carrying a secret stash of money from Brooklyn to Missouri to give it to the abolitionist leaders there.Here's an excerpt from the review:

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. His prose is captivating as it reflects the emotional and painful atmosphere that prevailed during this era. If we are to describe this novel as purely historical fiction, we would rob it of its uniqueness. In brief, what Teran has accomplished is a form of realism which makes its backdrop immediate as well as vivid, and as turbulent as anything set in the present. In addition, it leaves the reader with more of an understanding of the passions animating the anti-slavery movement during the 1840s and '50s.

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