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Hot Key Books, a brand new kids publisher focuses on children's fiction books for ages 9+. Up to 50 titles a year will fire the imagination and unlock the power of reading and a love of books. Well, that's right up our street!
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Hot Key is a new publisher on the block with a passion to bring nine to nineteen year-olds readers exceptional authors and great stories. We’ve brought together their 2012 launch titles into one dedicated section.
Featured Books
The Spin
Rebecca Lisle
January 2013 Book of the Month A magical and action packed adventure in a cleverly created other world packed full of delightful characters. Orphaned Stormy works at the lowest...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/01/2013
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Rebecca Lisle
January 2013 Book of the Month A magical and action packed adventure in a cleverly created other world packed full of delightful characters. Orphaned Stormy works at the lowest...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/01/2013
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The Cloud Hunters
Alex Shearer
November 2012 Book of the Month In this thrilling and thought provoking adventure fantasy set in a world without water, the Cloud Hunters are vital for the community’s survival. Setting out on their missions, they track down the clouds...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/11/2012
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Alex Shearer
November 2012 Book of the Month In this thrilling and thought provoking adventure fantasy set in a world without water, the Cloud Hunters are vital for the community’s survival. Setting out on their missions, they track down the clouds...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/11/2012
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Constable and Toop
Gareth P. Jones
Funny, gruesome and scary, with the great setting of a funeral parlour, this is an action packed adventure full of the darker and dirtier details of life in Victorian...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/10/2012
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Gareth P. Jones
Funny, gruesome and scary, with the great setting of a funeral parlour, this is an action packed adventure full of the darker and dirtier details of life in Victorian...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/10/2012
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Red Ink
Julie Mayhew
June 2013 Debut of the Month Red Ink is an utterly compelling coming-of-age tale about superstition, denial and family myth. Though heart-breaking it is ultimately an uplifting novel that's...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Debuts of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/06/2013
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Julie Mayhew
June 2013 Debut of the Month Red Ink is an utterly compelling coming-of-age tale about superstition, denial and family myth. Though heart-breaking it is ultimately an uplifting novel that's...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Debuts of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/06/2013
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Paper Aeroplanes
Dawn O'Porter
May 2013 Debut of the Month Readers should be at least 14+ for this hard-hitting novel. With graphic content and some scenes of a sexual nature, Paper Aeroplanes is a...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Debuts of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2013
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Dawn O'Porter
May 2013 Debut of the Month Readers should be at least 14+ for this hard-hitting novel. With graphic content and some scenes of a sexual nature, Paper Aeroplanes is a...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Debuts of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2013
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Death & Co.
D. J. McCune
May 2013 Debut of the Month Mixing themes of destiny and responsibility with the real life concerns of teenagers everywhere, this is a witty and gripping start to a...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 14+ readers | Debuts of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2013
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D. J. McCune
May 2013 Debut of the Month Mixing themes of destiny and responsibility with the real life concerns of teenagers everywhere, this is a witty and gripping start to a...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 14+ readers | Debuts of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2013
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Clockwise to Titan
Elon Dann
April 2013 Debut of the Month Debut novel from a highly creative UK author with an ingenious imagination...like the prison-break movie The Shawshank Redemption for young readers. This is...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers | Debuts of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/04/2013
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Elon Dann
April 2013 Debut of the Month Debut novel from a highly creative UK author with an ingenious imagination...like the prison-break movie The Shawshank Redemption for young readers. This is...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers | Debuts of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/04/2013
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A Month with April-May
Edyth Bulbring
February 2013 Debut of the Month All the travails of being a teenager seem to be heaped on the shoulders of the unfortunately named, April-May February. A scholarship girl at...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers | Debuts of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/02/2013
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Edyth Bulbring
February 2013 Debut of the Month All the travails of being a teenager seem to be heaped on the shoulders of the unfortunately named, April-May February. A scholarship girl at...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers | Debuts of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/02/2013
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The Blue Lady
Eleanor Hawken
A chilling page-turner for all those who like a school story with a difference. A school with a dark past provides a troubled environment for new girl Frankie...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/06/2013
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Eleanor Hawken
A chilling page-turner for all those who like a school story with a difference. A school with a dark past provides a troubled environment for new girl Frankie...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/06/2013
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At Somerton: Secrets & Sapphires
Leila Rasheed
A sweeping new period drama from Leila Rasheed. Think Downton Abbey meets Gossip Girl, as the upstairs-downstairs world of a glamourous country house collides with scandal and intrigue.
Featured in: 11+ readers | 14+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/01/2013
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Leila Rasheed
A sweeping new period drama from Leila Rasheed. Think Downton Abbey meets Gossip Girl, as the upstairs-downstairs world of a glamourous country house collides with scandal and intrigue.
Featured in: 11+ readers | 14+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/01/2013
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A World Between Us
Lydia Syson
Shortlisted for The Branford Boase Award 2013 Packed full of passion – both political and of all other kinds – this is a harrowing, thrilling and romantic account of the...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 14+ readers | Book Awards | Branford Boase Award
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/10/2012
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Lydia Syson
Shortlisted for The Branford Boase Award 2013 Packed full of passion – both political and of all other kinds – this is a harrowing, thrilling and romantic account of the...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 14+ readers | Book Awards | Branford Boase Award
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/10/2012
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Angel Dust
Sarah Mussi
Love and romance, shot through with a good sprinkling of lust, fuel this compelling and dramatic teen novel. Angel Serafina is given a special mission; she must guard the...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Books of the Month | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/08/2012
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Sarah Mussi
Love and romance, shot through with a good sprinkling of lust, fuel this compelling and dramatic teen novel. Angel Serafina is given a special mission; she must guard the...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Books of the Month | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/08/2012
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Maggot Moon
Sally Gardner
Winner of the Children's Costa Award 2012 and Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2013 Sally Gardner tells a story that is rich in drama and ideas...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Book Awards | Carnegie/Greenaway
Format: Paperback - Released: 31/01/2013
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Sally Gardner
Winner of the Children's Costa Award 2012 and Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2013 Sally Gardner tells a story that is rich in drama and ideas...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Book Awards | Carnegie/Greenaway
Format: Paperback - Released: 31/01/2013
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Shrunk!
F. R. Hitchcock
September 2012 Debut of the Month. With Jupiter in one pocket and a meteorite in the other, both shrunk by him, Tom knows he has a strange power which...
Featured in: 9+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/09/2012
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F. R. Hitchcock
September 2012 Debut of the Month. With Jupiter in one pocket and a meteorite in the other, both shrunk by him, Tom knows he has a strange power which...
Featured in: 9+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/09/2012
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Tall Tales from Pitch End
Nigel McDowell
This is a great, imaginative debut from a new Irish author. A rich gothic tale of friendship, loss, rebellion and adventure with a teen hero determined to save his...
Featured in: 11+ readers | Books for Boys | Summer Reading 2013
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/06/2013
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Nigel McDowell
This is a great, imaginative debut from a new Irish author. A rich gothic tale of friendship, loss, rebellion and adventure with a teen hero determined to save his...
Featured in: 11+ readers | Books for Boys | Summer Reading 2013
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/06/2013
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Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron
Neil Gaiman, Holly Black, Garth Nix
A sizzling collection of witch tales from some of the best writers from around the world, this anthology looks at all kinds of witches – cruel, kind, funny, dour – and the paraphernalia of their profession. What all trusting readers...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 14+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Hardback - Released: 04/10/2012
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Neil Gaiman, Holly Black, Garth Nix
A sizzling collection of witch tales from some of the best writers from around the world, this anthology looks at all kinds of witches – cruel, kind, funny, dour – and the paraphernalia of their profession. What all trusting readers...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 14+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Hardback - Released: 04/10/2012
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The Quietness
Alison Rattle
March 2013 Debut of the Month Two girls from different social classes meet by chance and discover that their lives are unusually intertwined. Queenie grows up in squalor...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Summer Reading 2013
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/03/2013
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Alison Rattle
March 2013 Debut of the Month Two girls from different social classes meet by chance and discover that their lives are unusually intertwined. Queenie grows up in squalor...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Summer Reading 2013
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/03/2013
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Boonie
Richard Masson
January 2013 Debut of the Month A touching story of one small boy’s powerful spirit of survival in a evocatively described, desperate dystopian world. Orphaned JD has watched the...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 14+ readers | Books for Boys | Debuts of the Month | Summer Reading 2013
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/01/2013
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Richard Masson
January 2013 Debut of the Month A touching story of one small boy’s powerful spirit of survival in a evocatively described, desperate dystopian world. Orphaned JD has watched the...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 14+ readers | Books for Boys | Debuts of the Month | Summer Reading 2013
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/01/2013
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Jepp, Who Defied the Stars
Katherine Marsh
A powerful and romantic historical novel based on the true story of the world famous astronomer Tycho Brahe. Fifteen year Jepp, born a dwarf but untroubled about his size...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/11/2012
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Katherine Marsh
A powerful and romantic historical novel based on the true story of the world famous astronomer Tycho Brahe. Fifteen year Jepp, born a dwarf but untroubled about his size...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/11/2012
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Maggot Moon
Sally Gardner
Winner of the Children's Costa Award 2012. Sally Gardner tells a story that is rich in drama and ideas as Standish Treadwell, an unlikely hero, takes on the...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Book Awards
Format: Hardback - Released: 30/08/2012
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Sally Gardner
Winner of the Children's Costa Award 2012. Sally Gardner tells a story that is rich in drama and ideas as Standish Treadwell, an unlikely hero, takes on the...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Book Awards
Format: Hardback - Released: 30/08/2012
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Insignia
S. J. Kincaid
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2013 Alex Rider meets Hogwarts in space in this futuristic action adventure debut! In the first book in this fast-paced and futuristic trilogy,...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Book Awards | Books for Boys | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/08/2012
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S. J. Kincaid
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2013 Alex Rider meets Hogwarts in space in this futuristic action adventure debut! In the first book in this fast-paced and futuristic trilogy,...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Book Awards | Books for Boys | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/08/2012
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