Aliens have finally made contact with Earth and have sent an ambassador -- a single parent who brings along his kid, Pleskit. Because his father insists he mix with earthlings and attend public school, Pleskit becomes the world`s first sixth grade alien. His initial attempts to fit in are hilariously catastrophic, and only when he establishes a tentative friendship with Tim Tompkins does Pleskit begin to understand that he is being sabotaged. But by whom? And why?