How does Maggy change over the course of the novel, Meet the Austins?

When we first meet Maggy Hamilton, she is a spoiled brat. She has been brought up by her mother, who gave her plenty of toys but no love, and later by her father, whom she knew for only a month before he died. Consequently, she has had little stability in her life and is extremely self-centered. The secure environment the Austins provide for her helps her to work out much of her anger and resentment and to begin to think of other people besides herself. Like Vicky, Maggy begins to accept responsibility for her own actions by the end of the book.