It could go as high as ten -- that's the number implied by the "Fudge Mountain" chapter, in which eight children are left after Augustus Pottle and Miranda Grope (who, obviously, were reduced to Augustus Gloop in the published version) fell into the chocolate river -- but that would really be over-egging the beer.
(Wikipedia says, to nobody's surprise, that J.K. Rowling lists C&tCF among the books every child should read. I wonder if she knew about Miranda Piker before she started writing OotP? The moment I heard about Spotty Powder, I thought, "That's, like, the beta version of a Skiving Snackbox.")
(Wikipedia says, to nobody's surprise, that J.K. Rowling lists C&tCF among the books every child should read. I wonder if she knew about Miranda Piker before she started writing OotP? The moment I heard about Spotty Powder, I thought, "That's, like, the beta version of a Skiving Snackbox.")