Qwerty Stevens' time-traveling adventures take him back to 1879 where he meets the great inventor Thomas Edison as he struggles to perfect his latest creation, the light bulb.

Having only one hour to finish an important school report, Qwerty Stevens doesn't have time for his accidental journey in his time machine that takes him back to July 4, 1776, yet his arrival turns out to be very important after he meets Benjamin Franklin and saves the Declaration of Independence from near destruction.