Title: The paradox of vertical flight
Description: When, on his eighteenth birthday, Jack Polovsky's almost-suicide is interrupted by his ex-girlfriend Jess's call saying she is in labor, he impulsively snatches the baby and hits the road with his best friend Tommy and Jess to introduce baby Socrates to Jack's aging grandmother.
Subjects: Social Issues, Humorous Stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories, Fiction, Automobile travel, Babies, Infants, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Adolescence, Family, Parental kidnapping, Juvenile fiction, Fathers and sons, Father-son relationship, Philosophers, Alternative Family, Adolescence, JUVENILE FICTION, JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Alternative Family, Young adult fiction, Children's fiction, Humorous stories