Jason Conrad is bored staying at his grandmother's house with his sister for the summer. It gets worse when his best friend write to tell him all about Space Camp, but he has nothing interesting to write about. When he finally finds something of interest - a pet mouse - the space-faring penguins come to life and draft him into helping them deliver an emergency supply of duct tape to Space Colony Doublewide before the doom funnel season gets started. But will the arrive in time?