Whoever controls Professor Strunk's new invention, controls the world. His invention has the power to change the way the world travels, shops, and fights wars. Life on earth would change forever, and not for the good of mankind. It’s up to twelve-year-old Jessup to save the world. But when he decides to harness the teleporter’s power to reunite his divorcing parents, Jessup quickly learns from one botched attempt after another, that the press of a button can't make his problems go away. Machines only make them worse!