How to Train Your Dragon: How to Steal a Dragon's Sword (How to Train Your Dragon, 9) Paperback – Illustrated, April 2, 2013

Here is a review from my 8-year old, in his words:It was awesome. People who like dragons, but not in the dragon-slaying kind of way, will like this book. The dragons are awesome because they eat fish and winkles, not humans. But the end of this book (spoiler: _____ becomes the chief and ____ is almost sold into slavery) it was strange. I'm so excited about the 10th book, because in the chapter at the end of this book is really exciting and there is a new dragon character in it. I'm going to read it before my brother does, whether he likes it or not.From my 10-year old son, in his words:I read the whole series in about a week, it was so good. There are pictures so you don't have to visualize it if you don't want to. The pictures help, but even without them this book would be easy to read. If you like Vikings and you like dragons, it's the perfect book for you. It's really fun and cool. The Vikings are all louts, crazy and don't have good sense, except for Hiccup. My brother and I are going to fight over book 10 when it arrives this week!As a parent:This series by Cressida Cowell has captivated our kids' imaginations. We started the series with Books 1-3, and our then 7-year old devoured them. The books were considered such a treat that we ordered a new one as a reward for great behavior - our youngest preferred it to going out for ice cream of to the movies! Now that both boys are into the series, we've had great discussions about film adaptations of books: how an authors' work is sometimes changed when books are made into movies (note: this feels only loosely connected to the film!). It's also provided multiple chances to discuss culture and history (we now have a book of Norse myth and one about Vikings), and to bring it to life with color and humor. I can't really say that book 9 is any better than the others, but it does advance the series and keep kids firmly engaged in the story and characters. As the chief buyer of books in our household, I'm thrilled that both of our kids love this series...it's been well worth the investment.When I asked whether they planned to donate the series after it's complete, both boys assured me they want to keep it. "I only want to share How to Train Your Dragon books with people we trust, who will take care of them and return them. Because we are not going to give this series away when we are done with it, we're going to read the entire thing again."

My son and I have read all the books in the "Hiccup" series, and have been anxiously awaiting this latest installment. I gave it to him for Christmas, and we read it together ravenously. It features, of course, the same wonderfully wacky characters, quick wit and elements of slapstick. But from the start, this book is slightly different than the previous ones in the series. It's much more dramatic and in a couple of places absolutely gut-wrenching. Another reviewer mentioned that one scene brought tears - I bet I know exactly what that scene was, since I found myself reaching for the tissues as well!This is verbatim from my eight-year-old son. 'It's a very, very good book, but it can be scary at times, and if you don't really handle it right, it might not come out the way you want. You might be surprised for what you get. It's very pressure taking.'Overall, it's a fantastic book, and a really great addition to the series. It sets us up for the finale, which (I assume) will be coming out late next year. I have no idea how we will manage to wait that long! But I would strongly recommend reading the other books in the series before buying this one.

This how to train your dragn book is just as thrilling as the others if not more so. It's fullof mazes with deadly dragons in them, swordfighting tournaments an interspecies battle, and even a new dragon friend. Its a little darker but still with same humour and wacky characters. Plus Its great for all ages! This nineth book is really great.

My husband has been reading this series to our 3 kids every night this summer and they are LOVING them. I love eating them from these special memories and a love for books and stories and reading. Cressida Cowell's characters are some of their wry favorites by now and they can't wait to hear what happens next. The stories make them laugh and think and pay attention and learn from Hiccups mistakes and successes. Our kids love looking through the pages also as there are drawings and illustrations that really get them excited about being able to read the while series themselves one day. They're reading them almost faster than I can order the next one!!

I did like this book very much (as it is my son's favorite series). I accidentally ordered two, and the company allowed me to keep the second free of charge. I was impressed with their customer service.

From my 2nd grade daughter: me and my family are enjoying the How to Train Your Dragon book series. It is great and I began reading the books on my own since it was too hard to wait until my parents would read them to me. Toothless is my favorite character, and he and Hiccup made a great team. Camicazi and Fishlegs are great friends and I learned a lot about friendship and courage.Parent's take: we enjoyed the movie a lot and decided to read the books. They are very different than the movie, but they are getting more and more ``grown-up" as the series progresses. They became so enthralling that we began spending Sundays doing family readings and finishing books in a couple of days. Then we realized our daughter had read before we did so together :)Really outstanding book series - as is the movie, although in a different way.We are very much looking forward to the end of the series. (And to the next movie - our daughter reminds us :)Thank you, Ms. Cowell!

Muito bom, material durável.

Amo éstos libros, me encanta el formato que tienen de que unas hojas sean más grandes que otras (siempre protegidas por las tapas). La historia es buena, aunque me tarde en leer por el idioma (pues me cuesta trabajo), sin embargo no me arrepiento de haber adquirido estos libros.En cuanto al servicio, no he tenido problemas, llegan en tiempo y forma. Me lo enviaron junto con otros libros que compré y todos llegaron en muy buen estado.

The book follows the proggression of the story, loved it.I'd highly recomend to read the previous books first, specially if the reader is at a young age.Because there are some illustrated pages the rest have way too much margins for an e-book edition, it's more like a pdf from the paper book.I would have preferred to have the illustrations separated from the text and gain a bigger text size, or even to have the book with no drawings at all and be able to edit the text and pages. There is a part that has and old-paper-like background and it was actually hard for me to read on the basic Kindle.

My daughter and I are reading our way through the series and have enjoyed every book. I like DAIYA cheese substitutes.

i'm a 9 year old boy from india..loved the book...they are Amzing..i suggest this book for all my friends and strangers