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October, 1984.
Lainey Henderson knows exactly who she is.
She's popular. Smart. The girl teachers love and students can't help but gravitate toward. She spends her afternoons working at Family Video, her evenings helping her little brother Dustin out of trouble, and every spare second dreaming about getting out of Hawkins someday.
Life is simple.
Until Billy Hargrove arrives.
While the rest of Hawkins becomes consumed by strange rumors, ruined pumpkins, and things that go bump in the night, Lainey is focused on surviving senior year and trying not to think too hard about the new boy with California attitude and a dangerous smile.
But Hawkins has a way of pulling everyone into its secrets eventually.
Even the people standing just outside the story.