How to Train Your Dragon School: Doom of the Darkwing — Content Guide for Parents

By Cowell, CressidaLittle, Brown Books for Young ReadersISBN 9780316594431256 pages

How to Train Your Dragon School: Doom of the Darkwing

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Violence

Supporting

Viking warriors battle a rampaging dragon with weapons and are hurt, and Hiccup's classmates and teachers plan to kill baby dragons until the friends step in.

“all the warriors are battling him with weapons, to no avail and great harm to themselves” commonsensemedia.org
“their warrior mentors and classmates are all about to kill a whole lot of baby dragons” commonsensemedia.org

Scary content

Supporting

A scary dragon lays waste to the land, and the heroes face a gale and a sinking ship, though the tone stays comic.

“A really scary dragon is laying waste to the land” commonsensemedia.org
“adrift on stormy seas in a sinking ship facing imminent doom” (our catalog (ISBNdb))

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Religion

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Contains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.

About this book

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 entire How to Train Your Dragon series, the out-of-this-world Which Way to Anywhere adventures, and The Wizards of Once series.

Frequently asked questions

Is How to Train Your Dragon School: Doom of the Darkwing appropriate for a 7-year-old?
Viking warriors battle a rampaging dragon with weapons and are hurt, and Hiccup's classmates and teachers plan to kill baby dragons until the friends step in. A scary dragon lays waste to the land, and the heroes face a gale and a sinking ship, though the tone stays comic.
Does How to Train Your Dragon School: Doom of the Darkwing have violence?
Found (Supporting): Viking warriors battle a rampaging dragon with weapons and are hurt, and Hiccup's classmates and teachers plan to kill baby dragons until the friends step in.
Does How to Train Your Dragon School: Doom of the Darkwing have scary content?
Found (Supporting): A scary dragon lays waste to the land, and the heroes face a gale and a sinking ship, though the tone stays comic.
Does How to Train Your Dragon School: Doom of the Darkwing have religion?
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Does How to Train Your Dragon School: Doom of the Darkwing have race & culture?
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Does How to Train Your Dragon School: Doom of the Darkwing have profanity?
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Does How to Train Your Dragon School: Doom of the Darkwing have climate?
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Does How to Train Your Dragon School: Doom of the Darkwing have sexual content?
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Does How to Train Your Dragon School: Doom of the Darkwing have gender roles?
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Does How to Train Your Dragon School: Doom of the Darkwing have gender & orientation?
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