How to Train Your Dragon School: Doom of the Darkwing

Contributors

By Cressida Cowell

Formats and Prices

On Sale
Jul 22, 2025
Page Count
256 pages
ISBN-13
9780316594448
Age Range
7–10

Price

$6.99

In this exciting How to Train Your Dragon spin-off series perfect for young readers and packed with fun illustrations and easy-to-read chapters, follow Hiccup and his fellow Warriors-in-Training in their hilarious, hair-raising adventures.

Disastrous Lesson Number One: The Art of Battle.
 
It was supposed to be a quiet, sensible lesson. Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third never meant to get into trouble. 
 
But things take an unexpected turn along the way and Hiccup and his friends soon find themselves adrift on stormy seas in a sinking ship facing imminent doom.
 
Join Hiccup and his dragons, Toothless and Windwalker, in their hilarious adventures at the Isle of Berk’s Training School for Vikings and Dragons, where they are at the bottom in pretty much everything.
 
Welcome to HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON SCHOOL, where Viking and Dragon Heroes are made!
How to Train Your Dragon School: Doom of the Darkwing
How to Train Your Dragon School: Fight of the Flamestrike

For more fantastic stories from Cressida Cowell, don’t miss the original How to Train Your Dragon series, the Which Way to Anywhere adventures, and The Wizards of Once series.

  • Praise for How to Train Your Dragon:

    "Short chapters, clever slapstick, kid-pleasing character names and goofy, childlike drawings will keep even reluctant readers turning these pages—and chuckling as they go."
    Publishers Weekly
  • "A narrative rich in dragon muck...genuinely fierce [and] intelligent."
    Kirkus
  • "This is a goofy and exciting tale of an underdog who proves that brains can be just as important as brawn. Kids will hoot at the ridiculous names and sympathize with Hiccup's exasperation with his truly obstinate but strangely lovable dragon. A delightful read."
    School Library Journal
  • "This hilarious farce will appeal to heroic fiction fans."
    Booklist

Cressida Cowell

About the Author

Cressida Cowell is the #1 internationally bestselling author and illustrator of the Which Way to Anywhere, The Wizards of Once, How to Train Your Dragon, and How to Train Your Dragon School series. She grew up in London and on a small, uninhabited island off the west coast of Scotland, where she spent her time writing stories, fishing for things to eat, and exploring the island. She now lives in Hammersmith, England, with her husband, three children, and a dog named Pigeon.

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