# Step by Wicked Step

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- Book: [Step by Wicked Step](https://www.bookquiver.com/anne-fine/step-by-wicked-step) ([Step by Wicked Step.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/anne-fine/step-by-wicked-step.md))
- Authors: [Anne Fine](https://www.bookquiver.com/anne-fine)
- Publisher: Puffin
- ISBN: 978-01-4036-647-1
- Pages: 144
- Published: 2001-07-05
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

One stormy night, five stranded schoolchildren uncover the story of Richard Clayton Harwick – a boy who many years ago learned what it was like to have a truly wicked stepfather. But the children have stories of their own step-parents to tell – stories that have warmth and humour, as well as sadness, and a fair share of happy endings. ‘For children who have some similar experience, this novel will be therapeutic; for those who haven’t it’s an absorbing read, to make them laugh and cry’ Sunday Telegraph.