When new kid Robin arrives to a small-town middle school in 1987, the other students have one question: “Are you a boy or a girl?” Robin forges a complicated bond with the school bully, Carter, and starts making increasingly dangerous choices to fit in. Robin joins in Carter’s tormenting of unpopular Tony, and sidelines Carter’s former wingman, Shev. Soon, a golden-voiced singer, Izzy, arrives on the scene, and a blurry adolescent love triangle is formed between Robin, Carter, and Izzy.