Specky Magee

The Specky Magee series is a highly popular and best-selling children’s book series in Australia. The books, written by Felice Arena and renowned Aussie Rules player Garry Lyon, chronicle the life and times of teenager Simon Magee, an aspiring Aussie Rules football champion. There are currently eight books in the series.

The books follow young football star Simon "Specky" Magee through his teenage years. He is obsessed with AFL, as are most of his mates.

Simon "Specky" Magee is the titular character of the novels. He attends local high school Booyong High throughout books 1-3 and 5-7, pausing for a short stint at Gosmore Grammar in book 4. He is portrayed as a twelve-year-old in book 1, a thirteen-year-old in book 2 and in book 3, and a fourteen-year-old Year 9 student in the remaining books. He is incredibly skilled at Aussie Rules footy, mainly as a full-forward, but also occasionally as a wingman, centre-half forward or even centre-half back. He supports five AFL teams, something he cops a lot of flack for: Essendon, Brisbane, Collingwood, Sydney and West Coast. He is the main character, he is adopted his biological mother died in a car accident and his biological father couldn't care for him as it was too difficult. His father barracks for Geelong and his adopted parents (and sister) hate Football.

Josh "Robbo" Roberts is one of Specky's best mates. He plays as a ruckman in the Booyong High school team, and is nearly six feet tall. He supports Sydney 100%, having been born there. In book six he begins to date one of Specky's friends, Samantha Shepherd.

Danny Castellino is another of Specky's best mates. He is the number one rover in the Booyong side, and portrayed as a very small character. He is extremely fit, and is a one-eyed supporter of Collingwood. Like Robbo, in book six he begins a romance, with national sprint champion Maria "Gladiator" Testi and ends it in book 7, but unlike Robbo, starts it up again.

Christina Perry is Specky's on-again off-again girlfriend. The two meet in book 1, and begin a romance at the end of book 3, after her relationship with Screamer ends. Christina follows Carlton, like her other love interest, Derek "Screamer" Johnson. She is portrayed as a footy-mad tomboy, just like Samantha Shepherd. She moved to Sydney in book 6, but returned at the start of book 7.

Samantha "Tiger Girl" Shepherd is another of Specky's close friends. She meets Specky in book 3, while she is in Year 9 and he is in Year 8. Specky supports her through her battle with cancer, and become close friends by the end of the book. She also reveals that she is staying down a year to make up for her long absences from school due to her treatment, so is now in Year 9, like Specky and his mates. They have always felt romantically close to each other, but this intensified in book 7, when Robbo and Tiger Girl's relationship ended. They are now a couple, something Christina is not aware of. Supports the Tigers, hence her nickname.

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