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.
Lyon and Arena agreed to stop writing after they realised the plots were getting more and more ridiculous with each novel.
The books follow young football star Simon "Specky" Magee through his teenage years.
He supports five AFL teams, something he cops a lot of flak for: Essendon, Brisbane, Collingwood, Sydney and West Coast.
His father barracks for Geelong, and his adopted parents (and sister) hate football.
Specky supports her through her battle with cancer, and become close friends by the end of the book.
They have always felt romantically close to each other, but this intensified in book 7, when Robbo and Tiger Girl's relationship ended.
He enters the series in book 2, sparking jealousy from Specky due to his immediate connection with Christina and his skill at full-forward.
In book 7, it is revealed that he is leaving Booyong High to attend Eckert School of Music on a piano scholarship in Sydney.
The two meet on Specky's trip to the Northern Territory in book 2, and immediately bond.
To meet his commitments to the State team in Melbourne, Brian temporarily moves from Rivergum (near Mildura) to Specky's place before leaving.
A national sprint champion, she expresses interest in Danny during book six, especially at Alice's sweet sixteen party.
An outstanding sprinter, hence his nickname, the Bullet is capable of superb dashes and awe-inspiring snaps.
Paul "Smashing Sols" Solomon is another of Specky's friends, and like the Bullet, not an extremely close one.
Their relationship grows slightly in book 7, united in their hatred of their new maths teacher.
It has been said that David is lousy at all sports, and so doesn't support Specky, but this changes from book 2 onwards.
Kyle Rutherford appears, like his father, solely in book 7, but will presumably return for the rest of the series.
[needs update] He and his dad move to Booyong in this novel, something that he resents, having been a big fish in a small pond there, and is jealous of Specky, possibly because of his status, or his skills, and deliberately sets Specky up to fail his maths test to get him kicked off the team.