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How To Train Your Dragon 7: How to Ride A Dragon’s Storm

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 Horrendous Haddock the Third is a smallish Viking with a longish name. Hiccup's father is chief of the Hairy Hooligan tribe, which means Hiccup is the Hope and the Heir to the Hairy Hooligan throne - but most of the time Hiccup feels like a very ordinary boy, finding it hard to be a Hero.

When Hiccup is kidnapped (wearing only a small, hairy pair of swimming trunks), he finds himself trapped on the ship The American Dream II with his friends Fishlegs and Camicazi. Hiccup must escape the barbarian Norbert the Nutjob, and somehow dodge the cruel polar serpents in the icy waters below.

If only Hiccup hadn't promised to help the Wanderer slaves on board escape, too! How will Hiccup save himself, his friends and 122 Wanderers off a ship without their terrifying captors noticing?

The seventh book in this adventure-filled, hilarious series is a must read for fans of dragons, fantasy and Vikings – as well as all of us who appreciate good friends and brilliant ideas in the nick of time.

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

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