His wife cares just as much for the students, and whenever Bruno and Boots come by, she offers them cookies and milk.

While he is a firm disciplinarian with a carefully cultivated authoritative image, he also cares deeply for his school and the children under his care. This unwanted nickname comes not only from his name, but also from his bespectacled fish-like appearance when he glares disapprovingly at his students. Sturgeon, also known as 'The Fish' by the students. It is unknown how old they are, but they are too young to shave. 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. The lead characters are Bruno Walton and Melvin 'Boots' O'Neal, Macdonald Hall students who have a well-earned reputation for mischief. The school's enrollment is around 700 students.

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. The series is set in a Canadian boarding school for boys called Macdonald Hall (named for John A. The series was formerly named Bruno and Boots. Macdonald Hall is the name of a series of young adult novels by author Gordon Korman.

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Beware the Fish! by Gordon Korman