THE STORY CONTINUES in the ninth volume of Hiccup's How to Train Your Dragon memoirs...Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was 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. Bad times have come to the Archipelago. Ever since the woods of Berserk burned down, it is almost as if the world is cursed...Dragons are starting to revolt against their Masters. Old Wrinkly is missing, the waters have risen flooding fields and washing whole villages away. But worse still, the wicked witch Excellinor has returned. And she wants Hiccup's sword ...Can Hiccup hold on to his sword, find Old Wrinkly AND stop the witch revealing that he has the Slavemark? How to Train Your Dragon is a DreamWorks film starring Gerrard Butler, America Ferrera and Jonah Hill, out on DVD in October 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, How to Twist a Dragon's Tale, A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons, and How to Ride a Dragon's Storm. Check out the 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!

Genre: Young Adult Fantasy