Now we join him on his road to redemption, which begins with a journey home to Tonga to reconnect with his roots and learn a few hard life lessons.
But Jonah's hi-jinx don't go down too well in the kingdom and he is soon sent home to a new life at a Catholic school.
Though he would like to go through life just playing jokes and break dancing, more is expected of him.
His life becomes a rollercoaster of fights, trouble and law breaking and he ends up in juvenile detention.
Lilley's previous series, J'amie: Private School Girl, did get a little repetitive as J'amie offered too little variety in her character.
Jonah, on the other hand, has always been a lot of fun and rarely fails to bring a smile to your face with his childish and rude sense of humour.
