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Paperback272 pages
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www.cressidacowell.co.uk/Publisher
Hodder Children's Books an imprint of Hachette Children's BooksSuitable for Ages
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4th February 2010ISBN
9780340999110Children's Author 'Like-for-Like' recommendations
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How to Twist a Dragon's Tale
Cressida Cowell
Part of the 'Hiccup' Series
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The Isle of Berk is under threat. Hiccup’s latest challenge is to stop the volcano from exploding …To do so he must rescue the Fire Egg which has been stolen and return it to the Volcano and outwit the sword-claws of the Exterminators. Plenty of new and hilarious predicaments for the great Viking Hero await the reader.
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Synopsis
How to Twist a Dragon's Tale by Cressida CowellTHE STORY CONTINUES in the fifth volume of Hiccup's How to Train Your Dragon memoirs ...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. Hiccup's memoirs look back to when Hiccup was just an ordinary boy, and finding it very hard to be a Hero. Someone has stolen the Fire Egg. Now the Volcano on Volcano Island is active and the tremors are hatching the eggs of the Exterminator dragons! Can Hiccup return the Fire Egg to the Volcano, stop the Volcano from erupting, AND save the Tribes from being wiped out by the terrible sword-claws of the Exterminators? How to Train Your Dragon is soon to be a DreamWorks film starring Gerrard Butler, America Ferrera and Jonah Hill, out in March 2010 adapted from the best selling How to Train Your Dragon series by Cressida Cowell. Read the rest of Hiccup's exploits in the How to Train Your Dragon series in How to Train Your Dragon, How to Be a Pirate, How to Speak Dragonese, How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse, A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons, How to Ride a Dragon's Storm, and How to Break a Dragon's Heart. Check out the all-new Hiccup website at www.howtotrainyourdragonbooks. com It's the place to go for games, downloads, activities and sneak peeks! Read all about Hiccup and all of your favourite characters, learn to speak Dragonese and train your own dragon to do tricks!
Reviews
'exuberantly illustrated ... laugh out-loud books, they will convert even the most relcutant reader to take their first dip.'
Julia Golding, TES
'a hilarious and gripping adventure, beautifully paced and studded with great dramatic scenes.'
Amanda Craig, Times
'Cowell writes laugh-out-loud books with plenty of boy appeal ... Cowell's anarchic drawings suit the slapstick humour.'
The Herald
'Fiercely exciting and laugh-aloud funny, it is as full of joy for children of 7+ who have given up reading as for those who love it.'
Amanda Craig, The Times
'This book is great fun and has a Blackadderish sense of humour ... full of the sort of jokes that will make schoolboys snigger. -- Nicolette Jones, The Sunday Times
'If you haven't discovered Hiccup yet, you're missing out on one of the greatest inventions of modern children's literature.'
Julia Eccleshare, Guardian children's editor'
About The Author
Cressida Cowell is the creator of one of children's literature's most popular modern characters - Hiccup. Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, to give him his full title, is a rather weedy Viking who won the hearts of readers worldwide when he appeared in Cressida's first novel for eight to twelve year olds, How to Train Your Dragon. The unique blend of child centred humour and sublime prose made Hiccup an instant hit. First published in 2003, there are now eight novels in the series, with the latest, How to Break a Dragon's Heart published in September 2009. In the latest exciting chapter in the life of Hiccup, a mjor animated film of How to Train Your Dragon is currently in production with DreamWorks and is scheduled for release in March 2010.
Cressida grew up mostly in London, which remains forever her favourite place in the world. She lives in West London with her husband and their three children. She was educated at Marlborough College in Somerset where she became, and remains, great friends with top author/illustrator Lauren Child.
The Hiccup books are written and illustrated by Cressida. She also loves to write books for other people to illustrate, which is how the Emily Brown books, published by Orchard Books, were created. That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown, illustrated by Neal Layton, was winner of the Under 5 category of the Nestle Children's Book Prize in 2006, was selected as a Richard and Judy Children's Christmas Book Club read, and chosen for CITV's recent Bookaboo programme. This was followed by Emily Brown and the Thing, also highly acclaimed by readers and reviewers. A third title comes in October 2009 - Emily Brown and the Elephant Emergency.
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