Funny, dramatic, adventurous: everything we could want in a read-aloud story! Hiccup wants to be a great viking, but his dragon may have done other ideas, and dragons are not known for their loyalty and goodwill. 
 J really enjoyed this, and finished it on his own because it was bedtime and I wasn't reading him the last two chapters. I finished reading them myself today, and we start the next book tonight.