Have you read all the Specky Magee books written by Felice Arena and Garry Lyon?
While each book stands alone as its very own action-packed story, you may prefer reading the ongoing drama about Specky and his friends in the order they were written:
- SPECKY MAGEE
- SPECKY MAGEE AND THE GREAT FOOTY CONTEST
- SPECKY MAGEE AND THE SEASON OF CHAMPIONS
- SPECKY MAGEE AND THE BOOTS OF GLORY
- SPECKY MAGEE AND A LEGEND IN THE MAKING
- SPECKY MAGEE AND THE SPIRIT OF THE GAME
- SPECKY MAGEE AND THE BATTLE OF THE YOUNG GUNS
Specky Magee
Simon 'Specky' Magee is twelve years old and mad about Australian Rules football. He's such a talented player he got his nickname 'Specky' for taking 'spec-tacular' marks. Not that anyone in his family would know - or care - about his ability.
When Specky finds a baby photo of himself dressed up in footy gear he is completely confused. Why would his parents have done this when they hate footy so much? Who dressed him in those clothes, and why won't his parents give him a straight answer when he asks them about it?
Determined to find out the truth, Specky embarks on a quest that uncovers more than he ever bargained for.
Specky Magee & The Great Footy Contest
Name: Simon 'SPECKY' Magee
Age: 13
Code: Australian Rules Football
Team: Booyong High Lions, Under 14's
Position played: Star forward. Known for his SPEC-tacular marking ability and for kicking plenty of goals.
What to expect this season: Specky comes face to face with a tough, talented player by the name of Derek 'Screamer' Johnson. He was responsible for having Specky sent off during a game last season. The two boys become bitter rivals and when a popular TV show runs a nationwide football contest, Specky is relieved when everyone except Screamer decides to enter. But why is Screamer such a bully on the field? And why is he sucking up to Specky's team-mates?
Guaranteed highlights: Incredible footy action by Specky, a surprise trip and the introduction of some terrific new friends.
Question on everyone's lips: A true champion in the making, but is Specky good enough to win the Great Footy Contest?
By the bestselling authors of Specky Magee.
Specky Magee & the Season of Champions
Simon 'Specky' Magee and his Under 14s football team, the Booyong High Lions, return to battle out the second half of their league's season. The Lions are playing well and Specky's form is looking good – perhaps good enough to win a scholarship to a prestigious sporting school. But a knee injury sees him sidelined, and suddenly his future is filled with uncertainty. Will his team make it to the finals without him? Will he be able to play if they do? And how is he going to impress the talent scout if he can't play footy? Meanwhile, he'll have to deal with his rival and worst enemy, Screamer Johnson, and he will meet the mysterious Tiger Girl and the Great McCarthy.
Join Specky Magee as he finds out why there's more to being a champion than just being a legend on the field.
Specky Magee & the Boots of Glory
When Specky leaves his beloved Booyong High, he's torn between his old friends and his new team-mates. And his loyalty will be tested – on the field and off – because when he crosses that white line, Booyong becomes his enemy... And Gosmore Grammar expects nothing less than absolute loyalty from their new star student.
Specky prepares to play a vital part in the school's most revered sporting event – the Boots of Glory football match. But will his need to solve a mystery at the school put his footy future in jeopardy?
Could the Boots of Glory be the most important footy match he has ever played?
Specky Magee and a Legend in the Making
The Booyong High Bugle
Footy News!
Only last month, former Booyong High student Simon 'Specky' Magee led the Gosmore Grammar Knights to victory against our courageous Booyong Lions. But now he's back in town!
Well, we at the Bugle would like to welcome Simon home, but even his best mates don't want him on the team. And now we can't help but wonder just how 'specky-tacular' Magee really is... Will he ever play with Booyong again?
Specky has questions of his own... Will Robbo and Danny ever talk to him again? What could possibly scare the Great McCarthy? And what's Screamer up to now?
Specky Magee and the Spirit of the Game
I tell you what, they're turning it on here today, folks. They're putting on a ring-a-ding-ding contest... And who is that lad in the number five guernsey?
Specky can't wait to get to the country and have the chance to play grassroots football for the first time... against adults. But more is at stake than the outcome of just one game.
Who is Razorback Jack, the mysterious footy hero that Specky keeps hearing about? And what are the boys back at Booyong High up to?
Can the massive underdogs, the Rivergum Redfins, serve it up to the Bull Ants? We have got a game on our hands this afternoon...
Specky Magee and the Battle of the Young Guns
This has been an absolute battle... the ultimate battle of the young guns!
As Specky battles it out in the state carnival for a chance to play on the hallowed MCG turf, back at school he has a fight on his hands just to be allowed to play with his beloved Booyong Lions. And when his long-lost grandpa comes to visit, it's all-out war at home as well...
This September, Specky's loyalty to his friends, his team and to AFL will be tested like never before.
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