Linda Plays Hooky is the first book in The Maidenhead Tales which is a series of short stories that take place in the 60s and 70s. In this tale we are introduced to Linda Upright who is a typical bored 16 year old junior in high school, struggling with typical teenage issues. She recently discovered Paul McCartney and has developed a painful obsession with him; her first celebrity love. Actually her first love of any kind. Stuck at home with a mother also suffering from apathy and a father with Neanderthal attitudes toward women and society, Linda makes a decision that is going to make this nuclear family explode.