Mary Beth Addison

Mary was 9 years-old when she was charged with killing the three-month-old girl her mother was babysitting. The infant, Alyssa Richardson was crying when Mary forced pills down the child's throat and beat her because she was being “bad.” Mary said very little during the investigation and was sent to jail, though at nine she was younger than the other inmates and officials had trouble knowing what to do with her. She was too young and small for general population and she spent most of the next few years in near total isolation. This novel picks up when Mary is about to turn 16 years-old. She is highly intelligent and is tired of being known as the girl who killed a baby, and she sets out to change the record.

By this time, Mary has a boyfriend named Ted, who also has a criminal record. They met at...