How To Train Your Dragon 4: How to Cheat A Dragon’s Curse

Name: William Joseph
Price range: $

by Cressida Cowell

Interest age: 7 to 11
Reading age: 8+

Published by Hodder Children’s Books, 2017

Fantasy
Funny
Historical

About this book

Hiccup's best friend Fishlegs thinks he has a nasty cold, but Hiccup’s grandfather Old Wrinkly has diagnosed . . . VORPENTITIS, caused by the sting of a Venomous Vorpent, which means that Fishlegs has until ten o’clock on Friday morning before he dies from the poison that is making its way to his heart.

The only antidote is the Vegetable-that-No-one-Dares-Name – the potato. But the only way for Hiccup to find the cure is to face Norbert the Nutjob and the terrifying Sea Dragon, the Doomfang. Can Hiccup survive the quest to save his best friend – and discover how to cheat a dragon's curse?

The fourth book in this wonderful series might put a beloved character in peril, but we know from the elderly Hiccup narrating the stories of his youth that that Hiccup will save the day. A thrilling instalment of the laugh-filled adventure which always favours the underdog.

About the author

Cressida Cowell is the number one bestselling author-illustrator of the How to Train Your Dragon and The Wizards of Once book series. How to Train Your Dragon is also an award-winning DreamWorks film franchise. Cressida is an ambassador for the National Literacy Trust, a trustee for World Book Day and a founder patron of the Children's Media Foundation. She lives in Hammersmith with her husband, three children and a dog called Pigeon.

Cressida was our Writer in Residence in 2016–17 and the Waterstones Children's Laureate 2020–2021