The Shadow Monster has been defeated, the Gate has been closed, and Hawkins Lab has been shut down. Winter has passed and it's the time of new life and new beginnings. And for El, new beginnings mean a million new things to do and learn. Some things were easy to figure out, like the fact that she loves books and needs to learn to make something other than Eggos. Others however were not. Like why can't she go to school? Does she have to go to school again? What does that word mean? But most of all, what is this feeling she always gets around a certain red-headed skater?