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Pirate FictionDragon Fiction

How to Speak Dragonese

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  • 2005 first published
  • 235 pages
  • ★ 4.5 (8 ratings)
  • 22 editions
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Published in 2005, How to Speak Dragonese is a pirate adventure and dragon fantasy novel by Cressida Cowell. Characters include Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III and The Third Hiccup Horrendous Haddock. Key subjects include vikings, dragons and pirates.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.5 out of 5 from 8 ratings, and 54 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 22 editions across 4 languages.

At about 235 pages, most readers finish it in 4–5 hours.

About How to Speak Dragonese

Recounts the further escapades of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third as he continues his Viking training during which he escapes from a boatload of Roman soldiers and searches for his kidnapped dragon.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Characters

  • Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III
  • The Third Hiccup Horrendous Haddock

Subjects

  • III Haddock, Hiccup Horrendous
  • Vikings
  • Dragons
  • Humorous stories
  • Pirates
  • Children's fiction
  • Child and youth fiction
  • Literature and fiction, juvenile
  • Children's stories

Quick answers

Who wrote How to Speak Dragonese?

How to Speak Dragonese was written by Cressida Cowell and first published in 2005.

What genre is How to Speak Dragonese?

It is usually shelved as Pirate Fiction and Dragon Fiction.

How long is How to Speak Dragonese?

The median edition has 235 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to How to Speak Dragonese?

Readers who like it often enjoy Room on the Broom, Peter and the Starcatchers and Il Tesoro Del Pirata Fantasma.

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