John Hancock liked to be noticed, and history certainly noticed him back. Jean Fritz introduces the wealthy Boston merchant as more than a famous signature: he is charming, ambitious, proud, and increasingly drawn into the fight between the colonies and Britain. Young readers follow Hancock from comfortable privilege into risky public leadership, learning how taxes, politics, popularity, and protest all shaped his choices. The tone is playful but informative, with the kind of personal details that make a historical figure feel real. This the colonies and Britain. Young readers follow Hancock from comfortable privilege into risky public leadership, learning how taxes, politics, popularity, and protest all illustrated biography gives readers a lively look at the man whose name became one of the boldest symbols of the Declaration of Independence.