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Climbing on to a Roman Dragon Rustling ship by mistake in your first "Boarding an Enemy Ship" is bad enough. But to then discover that Alvin the Treacherous is also on board proves to Hiccup he couldn't have been more wrong, especially when he steals his copy of How to Speak Dragonese. Can... read more

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Hiccup and Fishlegs are kidnapped by the Roman Empire. While imprisoned, they meet a little girl named Camicazi and plot to escape their prison and avoid war.

Characters/People edit see section history

  • Hiccup: A smallish, Viking boy. He is Stoick's son and future Cheif.
  • Alvin: The Thin Prefect to the Romans, this is the main antagonist, other than Snotlout.
  • Big-boobied Bertha: Chief of the Bog Burglars, mother to Camicazi.
  • Ziggerastica: Nanodragon that was stuck in honey. King of the Nanodragons. Agreed to help Hiccup once to repay his debt. He is very rude and selfish. He considers himself to be a god.
  • Fishlegs: Hiccup's friend.
  • Camicazi: A very small Bog Burglar girl. Heir to the throne of the Bog Buglars.
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First Sentence edit see section history

Once there were dragons.

Table of Contents edit see section history

The Boarding-an-Enemy-Ship Lesson
Sharkworms
Out of the Cooking Pot
Toothless to the Rescue
Back on Berk
The Night in Sinister Roman Fort Sinister
The Nanodragon
The Frightening Foreigners Lesson
Welcome to Fort Sinister
The Secret Identity of the Thin Prefect
The Bog-Burglar Heir
The Master Escaper
Back on Berk
Camicazi's Escape Plans
The Coming of the Sharkworms
The Cunning But Desperate Plan
The Circus on Saturn's Day Saturday
The Valhalla Express
Aaaaaaargh!
Hiccup the God
You Can't Keep a Bog-Burglar
The Return of the Heroic Heirs
Epilogue

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 3 of 10 in Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III. (standard series)

Preceded by How to Be a Pirate, and followed by How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Cressida Cowell (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Majda Oblak (Translator)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 978-1840329759
Page Count: 223

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Ages 9-12

Fun violence, some rude humor

More Books Like This edit see section history

   
  • How to Break a Dragon's Heart
  • How to Train Your Dragon
  • How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse
  • How to Be a Pirate
  • How to Ride a Dragon's Storm
  • How to Twist a Dragon's Tale
  • How to Steal a Dragon's Sword
  • A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons
  • The Heroic Misadventures of Hiccup the Viking: The First Collection

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • How to Train Your Dragon
  • How to Be a Pirate

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