“Child X is a vivid, harrowing memoir of a childhood shadowed by hardship and illiteracy in a dark movement, ultimately of personal redemption and triumphant artistic self-expression. Its message is essential.”
—Gabor Maté, MD, New York Times bestselling author of The Myth of Normal

“A moving story about overcoming the impossible.”
—Hilary Bevan Jones, film and television producer and first female chairman of BAFTA

“A riveting trek through history and the resilience of humanity, Child X unpacks the legacy and unyielding resilience of a young boy just trying to survive. A book you can’t put down.”
—Jelani Memory, vice president and publisher at DK Books/Penguin Random House and winner of the Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Bravery in Literature

“Child X is brave and deeply moving. Profound and powerful, this work is a cinematic, literary masterpiece.”
—Laura Hearn, former BBC news and current affairs journalist and producer

“As someone who’s seen war, Jamie’s story is an astonishing childhood of the brutality of a different kind of combat. A harrowing and inspiring journey of what a human being can overcome and endure. If blood runs through your veins, read this book.”
—Lt. Colonel Paul Toolan, Ranger and Commander of the 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (ret.)

“Child X reveals that resilience and vulnerability are a superpower. Together they are the deafening whisper that says, I will not let my past dictate my future. I was blown away by the power of this story and how it can serve all of us.”
—Jimmy Akingbola, lead actor, In the Long Run (HBO)

“An exploration of the human experience that is at once tragic and soul-stirring. An exhilarating true story of what is possible for a human being to overcome—a vivid road map of the human experience.”
—John Faber, MD, forensic trauma doctor and former national medical director of behavioral health at Humana

“A stirring story of a boy born at the darkest edges of humanity and his road back. Raised by wolves, a lost child can find themselves. Emotional and profound.”
—Frank Ochberg, MD, founding board member of the International Society for Trauma Stress Studies who clinically defined Stockholm Syndrome for the FBI in 1975