At a young age, John Howland learned what it meant to take advantage of an opportunity. 

leaving London aboard the Mayflower as an indentured servant, John little knew that he was embarking on the adventure of a lifetime.

By his good fortune John survived the desperate crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, and he earned his keep ashore by helping to scout a safe harbor and landing site for his bedraggled and ill shipmates. But would his luck continue amid the dangers and adversity of the Pilgrims' lives in New England?

John Howland's story is masterfully told from his teenage perspective, bringing an immediacy to the tale of the Pilgrims' journey. In his first book as both author and illustrator, P.J. Lynch captures this pivotal moment in American history in precise and exquisite detail, from the light reflected on the froth of a breaking wave to the questioning voice of a young man in a new world.

From the dust jacket