Illustrated portrait of Laurel

Volume I · Aboard the COMMERCE

Laurel

Laurel is a lot like other girls her age. Her ideas are still taking shape, but she thinks hard about the many things that make life complicated for her generation. She wants to understand how the choices we make shape our lives.

She looks for meaning in each episode of her grandpa’s tale, both for her own life and for the people around her. Her grandfather becomes her guide, and ours, through the adventure. Laurel’s curiosity and persistence draw us deep into the story.

Laurel’s challenge

Will the story help her see how decisions made in the past connect to the ones she will make in the future?

For today’s reader

Young people today are challenged to find meaning in the past without losing their drive to shape their own futures.