Macdonald Hall is a series of young adult novels by author Gordon Korman.
The series is set in a Canadian boarding school for boys called Macdonald Hall (named for John A. Macdonald, the first prime minister of Canada), located somewhere north of the city of Toronto along Highway 48 and seven miles south of the fictitious town of Chutney.
[2] The lead characters are Bruno Walton and Melvin "Boots" O'Neal, Macdonald Hall students who have a well-earned reputation for mischief.
For all their troublemaking, however, the pair have a deep loyalty to the school and many of the books have them and their friends going to great lengths to support it.
However, despite the obtuse headmistress's best efforts, the girls there are even more rambunctious than the boys of Macdonald Hall, and are always ready for whatever fun that Bruno and Boots have in mind.
Miss Scrimmage happens to own a shotgun which she uses to threaten anyone who disturbs the peace or comes by her school, but she has poor control of it and is prone to accidental shootings in random directions.
Miss Scrimmage uses her shotgun whenever she finds the boys on her property (usually after lights out) resulting in Mr. Sturgeon wishing her to have it taken away.
[4] To date, the adapted books have been Go Jump in the Pool in 2016, and This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall and The War with Mr. Wizzle in 2017.
Bruno and Boots are separated as roommates after committing three pranks at the hockey match against their arch-rival, York Academy; Bruno moves in with Elmer Drimsdale, the school genius, whereas Boots moves in with the school financial genius and resident hypochondriac, George Wexford-Smyth III.
Enter Walter C. Wizzle and his computer to improve the Hall, and Miss Peabody, the new girls' physical education coach.
Hank Carson, a millionaire former football player, now makes his money in the zucchini stick business.
In order to succeed, the pair scheme to create the zucchini disposal squad and disguise their quarterback, who comes from Miss Scrimmage's!
Jordie Jones, a superstar Hollywood actor, is shooting a movie at Macdonald Hall, and also wants to spend some time with the boys to get a feel for life in the school.
He's extremely loyal to his friends, and there is virtually no limit to what he will attempt in the furtherance of his goals—although he usually gets others to do the bulk of the actual work.
A studious blond boy who enjoys swimming[6] He has a younger brother, Edward, whom he dislikes with a passion.
He is the gang's scientific expert and is very unwilling to break any rules, including sneaking out to Scrimmage's after hours.
Over time, however, they grow to see that while Elmer may be awkward and a stickler for rules, he is also honest and helpful, and a genuinely decent, kind person.
Especially in later volumes, Elmer is generally (though not always) considered a friend, even if his complete refusal to break rules often gets in the way of Bruno's schemes.
[14] He has a snobbish attitude and is generally disliked by his peers -- unlike their views on Elmer, Bruno & Boots never really change their negative opinion about George.
He is an amateur weightlifter who once lifted a piano, a player on the football team and is talented at woodwork and metal shop.
[11] Peter "Pete"[15] Anderson - A student who gets relatively low grades and constantly worries about failing in school.
[16] He tried to get pulled out of a game due to what the nurse pronounced "a bruise," however, so his actual football skill is questionable.
[17] Christopher "Chris" Talbot - Assigned to Dormitory 1, he is known for his artwork and often makes posters to advertise Bruno's schemes.
Mr. Walter C. Wizzle - A modernization expert sent, with his computer, to improve the school's efficiency in "The War With Mr.
She owns a shotgun to protect her young ladies, and fires it in the air whenever the school is being 'invaded' by the Macdonald Hall boys.
Three Macdonald Hall series books were TV adapted as the "Bruno & Boots" miniseries, with Go Jump in the Pool, This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall, and The War with Mr. Wizzle (as The Wizzle War), starring Jonny Gray, Callan Potter and Peter Keleghan and debuting on April 1, 2016 firstly with Go Jump In The Pool, on the Canadian network YTV.