The Girl On Maple Street | Steve Harrington

Elara Henderson is the sharp-tongued, effortlessly magnetic older sister of Dustin Henderson-known around Hawkins as the girl everyone notices but no one truly understands. She's sarcastic, fearless, and a little too good at hiding the fact that she's always the first to run toward danger if it means protecting the people she loves. When strange new horrors begin creeping into Hawkins, Elara is dragged into the chaos after discovering that the mysterious creature her brother found has already spilled blood. Balancing high school drama, complicated friendships, and the chaos of boys like Steve Harrington and Billy Hargrove staring at her for all the wrong reasons, Elara finds herself becoming an unexpected force against the darkness. She's not a chosen hero-she's just tired of monsters hurting her family. But as she teams up with Dustin's friends, Steve, and Nancy, she realizes the threats in Hawkins are far bigger and far older than anyone imagined. Every clue they uncover pulls Elara deeper into a web of danger, secrets, and betrayals that test her loyalty and her limits. With a baseball bat in hand and adrenaline in her veins, she refuses to back down-even when the Upside Down starts to bleed into her world. What no one knows is that Hawkins is changing her, too, turning Elara into someone braver, fiercer, and far more important than she ever expected to be.