Billie Carol, a 15-year-old tomboy, is a naturally athletic student who attributes her speed to "the beat", music she hears in her head. She's asked to join the boys' track and field team at her high school, despite her father's recent campaign speech emphasizing women shouldn't compete with men. This causes a problem in his mayoral campaign, while an unknown issue with her older sister Jean also threatens to surface. Billie's relationship with her father is complicated, as he sees her as the son he never had, causing tension in their relationship. Meanwhile, she's struggling with her feelings for Mike Benson, a new student and aspiring decathlete, who wants her to prioritize being a girl over being a track star.
Billie
Teenage girl navigates love, sports, and family politics amidst her father's mayoral campaign, grappling with the tension between her own liberal views and his conservative stance on women's rights.
