Mini

Michael 'Mini' Cooper, 11 years old, is too dangerous to be allowed his freedom. His history of delinquency includes two attempts to burn down his own home, knowing his father to be inside. One of the thousands of children in care of the local authority, Mini waits in a high security wing at the Aycliffe Assessment Centre near Darlington for a decision on what is to happen to him. That decision is reached after a series of deep probings into his mind-a decision that is as distressing to the parents as it is to the boy.