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Pirate FictionDragon Fiction

How to Be a Pirate

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  • 2004 first published
  • 216 pages
  • ★ 4.0 (9 ratings)
  • 21 editions
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Published in 2004, How to Be a Pirate is a pirate adventure and dragon fantasy play by Cressida Cowell. The story is set in berk and outcast island, in the Viking age. It features Cressida Cowell and Hiccup Horrendous Haddock The Third. Readers will find themes of dragones, buried treasure, vikings and piratas.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.0 out of 5 from 9 ratings, and 67 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 21 editions across 6 languages.

At about 216 pages, most readers finish it in 3–4 hours.

About How to Be a Pirate

Follows the further adventures and misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third as his Viking training continues and his father leads a stranger and the Hairy Hooligans to the Isle of Skullions in search of a pirate's treasure.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

  • berk
  • outcast island
  • meathead island
  • isle of skullions
  • peaceable country

Era

  • Viking age

Characters

  • Cressida Cowell
  • Hiccup Horrendous Haddock The Third

Subjects

  • Dragones
  • Humorous stories
  • Buried treasure
  • Vikings
  • Piratas
  • Vikingos
  • Novela juvenil
  • Cuentos humorísticos
  • Dragons
  • Pirates
  • Children's fiction
  • Treasure troves
  • Language and literature
  • Juvenile belles lettres
  • Prose. Prose fiction
  • Drama

Quick answers

Who wrote How to Be a Pirate?

How to Be a Pirate was written by Cressida Cowell and first published in 2004.

What genre is How to Be a Pirate?

It is usually shelved as Pirate Fiction and Dragon Fiction.

How long is How to Be a Pirate?

The median edition has 216 pages, about 3–4 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to How to Be a Pirate?

Readers who like it often enjoy Il Tesoro Del Pirata Fantasma, Daughter of the Siren Queen and Treasure Island.

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