1983 Robin Buckley, the girl who spoke 4 languages fluently, would always ride her bike and never skipped band practice. she had friends, school friends. Dash, Milton and Katie were fine but nobody seemed to understand her desire to visit Europe this summer. Operation Croissant, that’s what she’d call it. Robin’s teacher, Mr Hauser, asked her to try to audition for the role of Emily in the upcoming school play. She reluctantly agreed and that’s why she was sitting on a chair in front of the stage, reading her lines. she had hoped to meet someone new here, someone promising, with potential to take them to Europe. however everyone seemed to be here just to get a higher grade she was bitting on her already short nails with scratched black nail polish