DiscovertheamazingtruestoryofhowoneNativeAmerican’ssuffering,generosity,andfriendshipledtothefirstThanksgivingwiththePilgrims,byNewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorEricMetaxas.In1608,traderscametoMassachusetts,capturedaPatuxetboynamedSquanto,andsoldhimintoslavery.HewaslatercaredforbyChristians,taughtfaithinGod,andlearnedtospeakEnglish.Tenyearsafterhiscapture,hereturnedtoAmericaandlearnedanepidemichadwipedouthisentirevillage.YetGodhadplansforSquanto.WhenthePilgrimsarrivedatPlymouthRock,Squantohadtheabilitytocommunicatewiththenewsettlers.Imaginetheirsurprisetofindanindigenousmanwhospokethesamelanguageastheydidlivingintheexactplacewheretheylandedinastrangenewworld.BecauseofSquanto’shelptranslating,thePilgrimsandtheNativeAmericanslivedtogetherinfriendshipandcelebratedthefirstThanksgiving.Thisbeautifullyillustratedpicturebookforchildren6to10tellsthebiographyofSquanto,hisjourneytoEuropeandback,andhislife-savingfriendshiptothenewsettlersatPlymouth;showsthatGodcanbringgoodthingsoutofbadcircumstances;istheperfectblendofinformationandadventure;andisagreatadditiontoaThanksgivingcelebration,SundaySchoolclass,familystorytime,homeschoolunit,orfallbedtimeroutine.LearnaboutthepeopleatthefirstThanksgivingandhowGodcanworkmiraclesaroundtheworld.
