Cassia Crawford has lived the life of a small town superhero since she was 13. Donning various home made costumes she created, she has secretly helped cats out of trees, pulled cars out of flooded dirt roads, and has even caught the occasional purse thief in town. On her 18th birthday she has he chance to step up to the big leagues and take her mother's place beside the world's greatest superheroes. Little does Cassia know, however, that being a superhero is not always as exciting or glamorous as she saw it on television.