Girl Underground by Morris Gleitzman is a novel which portrays the essence of bravery and friendship. Bridget is a child whose family background is not so clean as her parents are head of a company who specialize in the illegal shipping of goods. Bridget is sent to one of the finest boarding schools to give her a better chance of life. It is not until Bridget meets Menzies, the son of a politician, that she too is engaging in criminal activity. Menzies shows Bridget his letters of despondency and hunger which unfortunately turn out to be genuine and about children in a detention centre somewhere in Australia. Their plan is to convince the prime minister that children should not be locked up. As the prime minister turns out to be just as callous as all other adults, Menzies and Bridget take their plan of action into their own...