Noah Grow, a young birder, is about to stumble in the middle of a crazy adventure, one that involves a strange device, mysterious super powers, intergalactic communication and the fate of a rare bird species-oh, and the world too.Noah Grow is a bird-watcher. If you're picturing some kid in a big floppy hat, peering up into trees through giant binoculars . well, good job. That's exactly what he does. Right now, Noah is on a quest to find a wood duck. According to his calculations, aka the Drake Equation, the odds are good- really good-for spotting one.That's why he gets off the bus at the wrong stop.

And that's how he ends up running down a hill, crashing into a fence, and landing right next to a strange, glittery disk.Noah and his best friends, Jason and Jenny, soon discover that the mysterious disk is, well, mysterious . It gives Noah peculiar powers. As things go from odd to outrageous, Noah is swept up in a storm of intergalactic intrigue and middle-school mayhem. There's much more at stake than Noah realizes.Bart King delivers a hilarious sci-fi adventure with just the right mix of heart and humor that will have readers looking out for birds-and strange alien objects.