Excerpt from The Pull of Gravity:

“Nick? Yes or no? Are you in?”
 I shake my head at how crazy it all is, but even as I do, I know.
“Jaycee, why are you even asking? Do I really have a choice?”
“No,” she smiles, “No choice at all.”

While Nick Gardner’s family is falling apart, his best friend, the Scoot, is dying from a freak disease. Enter Jaycee Amato, a quirky girl with Siberian-husky eyes and an odd affinity for Of Mice and Men. She’s made a seemingly-impossible promise to the Scoot, and wants Nick’s help to keep it.
 
Armed only with the wisdom of Yoda, the beauty of Steinbeck, and the vaguest of plans, Nick and Jaycee set off on a secret, whirlwind journey to find the father the Scoot has never known. When everything goes awry, will the pull of gravity be enough to keep them together?

The Pull of Gravity is a coming-of-age story about friendship, first love, and the true nature of family.

Frances Foster Books / Farrar Straus Giroux.
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Praise for The Pull of Gravity

“What summer reading list is complete without a road-trip novel? Especially one that extols the virtues of reading sad books and contains the sentence: ‘Parents are such idiots.’”
–Newsday

“Polisner’s first novel begins with a bang and ends with another . . . . There is a great deal to enjoy throughout, and literary kids will surely enjoy a subplot involving John Steinbeck.”
–Booklist

“Characters feel real . . . and the plot zips along, championing strength in adversity.”
–School Library Journal

“She [Gae Polisner] is a writer young adult readers will surely want to hear more from.”
–examiner.com

“The very sentimentalism of the situation, the quest nature of the plot, and the quirkiness of the characters will appeal to many young readers.”
–Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

“Although the teens’ best laid plans go oft awry, they discover that the force of the universe is with them—or at least friendship, family and romance. Pulls the heart in all the right places.”
-Kirkus Reviews

"Gae Polisner writes with fluidity and grace. The Pull of Gravity is a very moving story with so much heart. It will draw you in and keep you thinking long after you've closed the book."
-K.L. Going, The Liberation of Gabriel King, King of the Screwups

"Part love story, part adventure story, funny and serious, The Pull of Gravity is a delightful read."
-Francisco X. Stork, Marcelo in the Real World, Last Summer of the Death Warriors

 “Scooter, Nick and Jaycee are real, and they're funny. I love how they yearn for something beautiful, warm and true to lift them from the lousy sad absurdity of their circumstances. And I love the unlikely places where they find it: Yoda. A possibly misguided bus trip. Red wax lips. Real lips. And each other. I love that they find it mostly in each other."
-Lynne Rae Perkins, As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth, Criss Cross (Newbery Medal)

"The Pull of Gravity is the whole package—realistic, quirky, fun, and weepy—Polisner is an author to watch."
-Mary E. Pearson, The Miles Between, The Adoration of Jenna Fox

"The Pull of Gravity is a clever, masterfully told tale of loyalty and redemption that will pull you in and hook you 'til the last page." -Chris Crutcher, Deadline