Stanley Finnigan is a normal seventh grade kid in a quiet town. He has to deal with the regular stresses of middle school life, like tests, teachers, and Trevor, the school bully. Stan's best friends, Richey and Betsy, help him get through the daily grind, but an embarrassing encounter with Trevor in Science class leaves him humiliated. To make matters worse, Bryan, the newest dork in school, is thrown into his group Science project. Everything takes a turn for the strange when a mysterious space ship intercepts the kids on their way home from school. Stan and his friends quickly find...

The Universe is a big place. Bryan Jefferson knows that better than just about anyone. After all, he and his friends were tricked into going on a deadly mission through space last year. But a lot has changed in Bryan's life on Earth since then, and not for the better. He decides to run away from home, but his adventures take him on a completely unexpected journey. Bryan soon learns there is a lot more to the Universe than what he knows. He finds out that he's also part of a plan to discover what...or who...lives beyond the borders of our own Universe. With the help of some familiar faces, as...