What if you could escape the chaos of a busy, scheduled life to the quiet of Nothing? After his teacher mentions the universe is growing, Simon Ives becomes obsessed with the idea of discovering this Edge - the place between nothing and everything, where he can just be. Simon dreams of going to a place where no one needs him to do anything.

Meanwhile, at the Edge of Everything is a boy who longs for someone to need him to do something. He’s filling his time and space with things like galaxy-spanning train sets and ten-million-piece-puzzles. He seems to have done everything, and even redoes everything, but longs for company.

On Earth, Simon’s well-meaning parents build a mock space capsule from an old meditation tank to simulate the adventure Simon seems to crave. Rather than being backyard fun, however, the space capsule actually lifts off, fueled by the accidental igniting of an extraordinary amount of fireworks. The explosion launches Simon deep into space. There, far from planet Earth, Simon and the Boy at the Edge Everything meet and compare their very different lives. What will happen from here, neither knows.