How To Train Your Dragon 8

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

Whilst searching for his lost friend Camicazi, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third and the Hooligan Tribe have ended up on Uglithug Island. Ug, the most brutal King in the World, comes to believe that Hiccup is in love with his beautiful yet sulky daughter Tantrum O’Ugerly, who has received a number of anonymous love letters from a potential beau. Trouble is, anyone of noble blood who wants to marry Tantrum must complete the Impossible Task on the Isle of Berserk, or die trying. Yet, when Hiccup and Fishlegs are unfortunately imprisoned by the Beserkers along with Tantrum’s many, many former fiances, Hiccup’s old enemy Alvin the Treacherous reappears – and he has a dark secret about the Lost Throne...

The eighth book in this fabulous, action-filled series explores the Viking world even further and weaves depth into Hiccup’s story all the more, with plenty of scary dragons, peril and even a bit of romance.

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