FOURTH GRADING

BOOK READING REPORT

 Title: How To Train Your Dragon

 Author:  Cressida Cowell
 Background of the Author: Cressida Cowell lives in
London with her husband, Simon; their children, Maisie,
Clementine, and Alexander; and two cats, Lily and Baloo.
In addition to translating Hiccup’s memoirs, she has also
written and illustrated picture books including Hiccup, the
Viking Who Was Seasick, Little Bo Peep’s Library Book,
and That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown.
 Publisher:  Little, Brown and Company (US)
Hodder & Stoughton (UK)
 Pages: 214
 Theme: Humour
Children's literature
Fantasy Fiction
 Setting: Berk
 Main Characters: Toothless
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III
Fishlegs
Horrorcow
Windwalker
 Snotlout
Rufnut
Tufnut
Stoick
Gober

PLOT SUMMARY

 Exposition:
In the beginning, the Vikings have beaten a wave of
dragons but decline to leave or serenade. Hiccup, the main
character sets out to apprehend a dragon on his own. He
successfully chapters a dragon however he runs into
another competitive dragon necessitating some damage to
his village.

 Rising Action:
When most of the Vikings were repairing the damage,
Hiccup set out to locate the dragon he captured. Hiccup
encounters the dragon though he did not kill it. Hiccup
released it and later on encourages it. A long friendship is
born between Hiccup and the dragon named Toothless.

 Climax:
Sometime after Hiccup associates Toothless, discovers a
dragon nest. Hiccup keeps his determination as a secret.
 The next day he is compelled to kill a dragon. Hiccup
forbids to kill the dragon recognising to attack him.
Toothless herd the attacking dragon and hastened to the
rescue. All the Vikings, however, fond Toothless and
captured him. Hiccup's father is enraged that Hiccup has
tamed a dragon. When Hiccup tries to explain, he
unintentionally reveals the location of the dragon nest.
Hiccup's father and all of the Vikings dash to the nest
omitting Hiccup behind. Hiccup makes a plan to free
Toothless and save his tribe from the Queen Dragon. He
teaches the other young Vikings to ride dragons and they
leave Berk together to reach the battlefield.

 Falling Action:
After Hiccup helps his friends tame dragons his friends
rush him to the nest. He rescues Toothless and helps the
Viking kill Red Death. Hiccup succeeds but falls off
Toothless. Toothless stratagems to save him. When
Hiccup's father sees this he determines that dragons are
friends, not enemies.

 Denouement:
Viking and dragon became friends. Everyone learned to
live together in peace. Dragons were no longer called pests.
IMPRESSIONS

1. What did you like the most?

My favorite part I would have to say was when Hiccup
found Toothless because looking at the drawing Toothless
was cute. There are lots of funny jokes.

2. What did you dislike the most?

It is when Hiccup failed the final test and was going to be
banished to exile and also when hiccup was eaten and when
a dragon bit another dragon in the neck.

3. The story could be better if…

If only a dragon could pull off their cutest faces and if the
drawing could be 3d. But anyways, the story is already
enough because they exerted so much efforts for it.

4. You should read the story because…

It is interesting adventurous and funny book and also
people in any age are recommended to read this one. You
would really know how wild and endangered animals could
be a good friend of ours, and also it contains a lot of moral
lessons.

5. Did you recommend this to your friends?

 Yes, aside from it is interesting, it is also affordable.

6. Three words that I like and their meaning.

- BELLOW- animal cry
- SOOTHE- to calm
- VAGUE- not clear