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 disc. Noah and his best friends, Jason and Jenny, soon discover that the mysterious disc 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. sakriti opis