Home Is Where You Are
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Last published Sat, Oct 25, 2025
In the quiet town of Hawkins, Indiana, monsters aren't the only things that lurk in the shadowssometimes, it's the feelings we keep hidden.
After everything they've been throughthe Upside Down, growing up, and growing apartWill Byers and Mike Wheeler find themselves face to face again during a stormy summer that changes everything. Between rain-soaked afternoons, inside jokes, and the unspoken tension of old memories, they begin to realize that home isn't a place. It's a person.
Home Is Where You Are is a heartfelt coming-of-age story about friendship, love, and finding the courage to say what's been unsaid for far too long.
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