Discover the backstory of new Stranger Things fan favorite Robin--the perfect read for anyone looking forward to devouring the fourth season on Netflix--now available as a paperback! High school is a monster and it s eating everyone Robin knows. It s the beginning of sophomore year and Robin s Odd Squad friends couple up won t stop talking about college and their future careers and are obsessed with trying to act normal. Robin knows that game well--she s been pretending for years hoping nobody would notice the sarcastic polyglot French horn player with a bad perm in the back of the room. But there s one aspect of her identity that she knows for sure doesn t fit in with her image--Robin likes girls. How is she supposed to be her true self in teeny-tiny Hawkins Indiana? Robin is convinced the only way she can experience real life is by fleeing to Europe for the summer--aka Operation Croissant. But she has no money no permission and no one to share the adventure with--and it will take a heck of a lot more than that to escape Hawkins in one piece. Sprinkled with references to your favorite Stranger Things characters this prequel chronicles one girl s realization that the only person she really needs to be accepted by is herself.