KILLER CHILD: MARY BELL: A TRAGIC TRUE STORY (TRUE CRIME; BUS STOP READS Book 1)

In 1968, an eleven-year-old girl named Mary Bell stood trial in an English criminal court for the deaths of two little boys, aged four and three. She was convicted of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and ordered held in detention for life. This short book asks what could drive a child to kill other children. It follows Mary's difficult early life, the years she spent in custody, and what her life has looked like since her release. Written as a brief true-crime account, it offers a close look at a case that shocked the country and still raises hard questions about how young offenders are judged and what becomes of them afterward.