Nine-year-old Marylander Fiona Finkelstein tries to deal with stage-fright, missing her mother who is an actress in California, and hoping that her father, a television meteorologist, does not get in trouble when she antagonizes the anchorman.

Determined to prove that she is capable of doing things on her own, Fiona promises to watch over the chickens at the local county fair and gets a lesson in being responsible.