STEP BY WICKED STEP

CHAPTER 1

SYNOPSIS
On a wild and stormy night, five students, Claudia, Colin, Ralph,Pixie and Robbo, are sent ahead on a school trip to Old HarwickHall

In the dark of the night, with no electricity due to the ragingstorm, Colin spots a door which leads to an old, abandonedroom where they discover a diary of a young boy by the nameof Richard Clayton Harwick Prior to reading the diary, they wonder why they are puttogether in the minibus. They achieved the answer aftereavesdropping on Miss O'Dell and Mr. Plumley'sconversation.Pixie reads Richard's diary out loud for the other children tohear.

SETTINGS
PLACE The tower room at Old Warwick Hall TIME Night

PLOT

CHARACTERS
Richard
Selfish He ran away than face the problems

Lily Harwick
Weak women who cannot stand up for his son Died of a broken heart

Mr. Coldstone
Cold and Cruel He bullied his wife on anger

Charlotte Harwick
She accepted her stepfather more easily & she love her brother She married Charles Deverebecause he was wealthy & shedied of fever at child birth

Lucy
She was a house maid & she was a soft-hearted person whofelt sorry for Richard She was kind to Richard & she was afraid of ghost and easily frightened

George Digby
He was a gardener & was friendly and kind to Richard He taught Richard to whittle wooden animals & hopeful thatRichard would return

THEMES
Making a decision
Richard had a difficult timeadjusting to his stepfather so he ran away This decision caused theheartbreak of entire family

Lack of responsibility

Lily Harwickwas a weak woman.She did not protect her son from his stepfather Richard promise his father that hewould look after his family.