STEP BY WICKED STEP

CHAPTER OVERVIEW

1. CHAPTER 1 

 5 PUPILS FROM STAGFIRE SCHOOL ARRIVED AL OLD HARWICK HALL ONE STORMY NIGHT AHEAD OF THEIR CLASSMATES.CLAUDIA,COLIN,PIXIE,RALPH AND ROBBO ARE WITH THEIR TEACHER , MR PLUMLEY .THEY HAVE BEEN PICKED OUT BY MISS O'DELL FROM HER NAME LIST TO BE TOGETHER IN THE SAME GROUP . MISS O'DELL THINKS THEY HAVE SOMETHING ON COMMON GOING BY A TICK IN A PARTICULAR COLUMN IN THE NAME LIST . THE 5 PUPILS ENTER THE MANSION AND GO UP A VAST STAIRCASE WITH MR PLUMLEY IN SEARCH OF THEIR ROOM . THEY OPEN THE DOOR AND ENTER A TINY ROOM . DUST LAY THICK EVERYWHERE . CALUDIA FINDS A DUSTY GREEN ALBUM ON THE DESK WHICH SUGGEST THAT THE ROOM BELONGS TO A BOY . IT HAS THE WORDS " RICHARD CLAYTON HARWICK - MY ROOM . READ IT AND WEEP " IN SPIDERY WRITING ON IT'S COVER . ANTICIPATING THE TEACHERS TO RETURN AND CHECK ON THEM , THE 5 QUICKLY RETREAT TO THEIR ROOMS . RALPH SUGGEST THAT THEY PRETEND TO SLEEP AND GATHER AGAIN TO READ THE STORY LATER IN THE NIGHT . WHEN ONE OF THEIR TEACHERS , MISS O'DELL LOOKS IN ON THEM , SHE THINKS THAT THESE 5 , DESPITE THEIR DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES , MUST HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON BECAUSE OF THE TICK IN A PARTICULAR COLUMN ON HER NAMELIST .