Down Under

Books from Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific



Stella Street and Everything That Happened
by Elizabeth Honey

So far, in the world Down Under, I know one great female protagonists, Henni. In a fun format, Henni chronicles the events that happen on Stella Street when their new neighbors dubbed, The Phonies, are suspected of being criminals.

Here is a section of a review from Kirkus Reviews: "Henni narrates in a chatty, loose-jointed style, back-tracking, pausing to introduce her friends, interposing handwritten letters to God and the complaint notices from solicitors and government agencies that begin to arrive in volume at Frank's house. A little snooping and a library book about money-laundering put Henni and friends on the right track; when Zev breaks open a bowling ball stuffed with cash that the Phonies are trying to smuggle out of the country, the jig's up, but only after a wild airport chase scene."