 They are all pupils at a boy's secondary modern school in the town of "Smogbury" in the north of England.Each book contains a central theme, for example, in "Jim Starling Goes To Town" (1963) the boys go down to London to watch Burnley FC in the 1962 FA Cup Final; and one or more related sub plots, a common one being a feud with a teacher or rival peer group.In order of publication, the books are 

None of the books have been published since 1971.