The Deception of Tara Magee is the first in a series of five books. Book one is about a 14 year old girl named Tara Magee from the east coast who finds herself on the west coast and she has no idea how she got there. Tara meets a boy named Billy who has a sister Amanda who is missing. Tara and Billy try to solve the mysteries of where Amanda went and how Tara ended up so far away from home. Tara also meets an older boy and becomes totally infatuated. By the end of the book you will want to read the rest of the series.