WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN Formerly called The Law of Gravity By Johanna Hurwitz Illustrated by Ingrid Fetz
To my mother who always ran up and down and the memory of my father
Chapter One Summer Homework It was the best of times it was the worst of times That’s the first sentence of a book my father started to read aloud to me last year We didn’t get very far because he had to go on a concert tour and then when he came home we forgot to continue reading But the sentence stuck in my head and it certainly was the right description of June 25 It was the last day of school The weather was hot and sticky which suddenly reminded me of some of the bad things that come along with summer My shorts and T-shirt were clinging uncomfortably and it was only 8:45 in the morning Imagine how 5
