AdventureMiddle Grade
How to Train Your Dragon
2003·223 pages
In a fantastical Viking world, undersized Hiccup must capture and train a dragon to become a hero, relying on wits over strength amid chaotic adventures.
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In a fantastical Viking world, undersized Hiccup must capture and train a dragon to become a hero, relying on wits over strength amid chaotic adventures.
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Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was an awesome sword-fighter, a dragon-whisperer and the greatest Viking Hero who ever lived. But it wasn't always like that.
In fact, in the beginning, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was the most put upon Viking you'd ever seen. Not loud enough to make himself heard at dinner with his father, Stoick the Vast; not hard enough to beat his chief rival, Snotlout, at Bashyball, the number one school sport and CERTAINLY not stupid enough to go into a cave full of drago...
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What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Humorous use of a bra as a bomb; no sexual scenes or explicit content. Some sources disagree on presence, but depictions are minimal and non-explicit.
Violence & gore
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Viking training, dragon fights, and perilous encounters with some violence, including aggressive characters and themes of loss; not graphic.
Profanity
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Crude character names like Snotlout and Gobber the Belch; minimal strong language.
Substance use
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No substance use depicted.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQIA+ representation.
Religious content
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Minor themes of selflessness that some interpret religiously; no overt rituals or devotion.
Magic & witchcraft
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Fantasy dragons and Viking lore, not framed as occult or involving rituals.
Occult / demonology
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No evidence found in available sources.
Political content
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Light exploration of Viking hierarchy and heroism; themes of power emerge more in later series books.
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide depicted.
Abuse & suffering
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Bullying and rivalry among young Vikings; brief mentions of slavery in series context, but minor in this book.
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