Set in a god-fearing 1960s small town in Oklahoma, "To the Stars" follows bespectacled and reclusive teen Iris (Kara Hayward) as she endures the booze-induced antics of her mother and daily doses of bullying from her classmates. She finds solace in Maggie (Liana Liberato), the charismatic and enigmatic new girl at school, who hones in on Iris' untapped potential and coaxes her out of her shell. When Maggie's mysterious past can no longer be suppressed, the tiny community is thrown into a state of panic, leaving Maggie to take potentially drastic measures and inciting Iris to stand up for her friend and herself.