There are some aspects of the movie that applies to some materials throughout chapter nine in the book. Maisie relates a lot to the word child maltreatment because throughout her childhood, she watched her mother and brothers be beaten, neglected, and terrorized. According to U.S. Census Bureau (2010), “…. Almost 2 million reported and investigated acts of child maltreatment in the United States, almost 774,000 of which were substantiated” (p. 284). The word neglect relates to Maisie because she was not in a stable home to have nourishment due to the fact of drug habits her mother had, and abuse from her father. Foster care was the only thing Maisie knew of while she was growing up bouncing from one house to another. Kirst-Ashman states, “Depending