This is a great book by former football great Gary Lyon and author Felice Arena. It is about a young boy, passionate about football. Although football plays a great role in this story, it also talks about the emotional aspects. Specky is on the search for his biological parents, after his parents tell him that he is adopted. It is a great book for children who love football. There are 4 books in the series so far and I highly recommend all of them.

Specky is the star player of the Booyong High Lions and his talent is being able to take a "spectacular specky". When a popular TV show announces that it is running a nationwide contest to find extraordinary young football players, Specky sets out to win.

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 . Visit www.speckymagee.com.au for more

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?

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?

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...

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 an all-out war at home as well.

THE CROWD ROARED AS THE BALL ROCKETED INTO THE BACK OF THE NET. SPECKY COLLAPSED ON THE GROUND FEELING USELESS AND HUMILIATED. HE HAD NEVER FELT SO OUT OF HIS DEPTH ON A SPORTING FIELD . . . Specky has been selected to represent Australia in International Rules, taking on the Irish in a two-test competition in Ireland. Can the boys learn to play with a new set of rules and perfect their skills with the round ball before the Irish team wipes the field with them? And is someone trying to sabotage the Aussie team's chances of winning? The pressure is on, and to make matters worse Specky has some serious decisions to make about his future before he returns home . . . This trip to Ireland is no holiday and Specky will have to dig deep to face the biggest challenge of his life! I wish Specky would hurry up and get drafted. The Tigers would love to have him . . . Matthew Richardson