[book 1 in the locked away series] in which el returns and begins her new life in hawkins with her best friends.

eleven has to be adopted. mike and eleven decided it would be better if eleven got adopted by another family, so they could be together. an unknown hawkins habitant filled in the adoption forms instead. when mike sees eleven in the halls at school, he senses something isn't right. he thinks she is hiding something, but eleven wouldn't lie to him, would she?