 A mild and gentle man, he and Flick have a close friendship, and he always comes through for her when she most needs his help, even going as far as standing up to his wife and taking Flick out to wild nightclubs when she needs cheering, up in "Bill the Conqueror".The elder brother of Mike who is still at Wrykyn when Mike arrives there, Robert "Bob" Jackson is a strong bat but a nervous fielder.He finds himself in a difficult position in "Mike", when he and his brother compete for the last two places in the school team.