After waking up from a lucid dream to a power outage, sixteen-year old Indy experiences an emotional reckoning on a freewheeling and foreboding summer day journey
In the course of one day, Mickey meets a troupe of teachers aids and their fearless leader: Mrs. Hudson, an experienced elementary school teacher, witnessing a team of women not only keeping a classroom together, but themselves as well.
In 1943, Carson Shaw travels to Chicago to try out for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. There, she meets other women who also dream of playing pro baseball and makes connections that open up her world. Rockford local Max Chapman also comes to the tryouts but is turned away. With the support of her best friend Clance, she must forge a new path to pursue her dream.