Books published by Hot Key Books

Can this shocking new feeling be love, or is it electrickery?In a lowly side-show fair in eighteenth-century England, teenager Mim is struggling to find her worth as an act.

A teen novel set in Zimbabwe about hope - and its power to heal a family, a friendship or even a nation. For fifteen-year-old Shamiso, struggling with grief and bewilderment following her father's death, hope is nothing but a leap into darkness.

'Keris is one of my favourite YA authors' Sophia Bennett, author of LOVE SONGGemma, Lou, Issey, Liane and Paige are determined to make the most of this second year at uni. it's about found families, finding yourself, and falling in love with people you never expected to fall in love with.

From the author of the unforgettable New York Times bestseller We Were Liars comes a masterful new psychological suspense novel-the story of a young woman whose diabolical smarts are her ticket into a charmed life. But how many times can someone reinvent themselves? A girl who refuses to give people what they want from her.

But this was Birchwood. For fans of The Diary of Anne Frank and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. As fourteen-year-old Ella begins her first day at work she steps into a world of silks, seams, scissors, pins, hems and trimmings.

A hilarious tale of female friendship, bookshops and fighting for a cause - perfect for fans of Holly Bourne and Louise Rennison. Bennett's Bookshop has always been a haven for sixteen-year-old Paige Turner.

The second in a new laugh-out-loud and sparky teen series, perfect for fans of Holly Bourne and Louise Rennison. Holly and Paige are at a literary festival in Skegton-On-Sea. But along the way, Paige begins to find that there's quite a lot to learn from Minnie - not least, how to reach out for the things she wants .

But when his creator Burton Mansfield delivers news of Noemi's entrapment, Abel knows he must save her, even if it means risking his own life. Danger lurks in the dark corners of the galaxy, and Abel and Noemi will discover a secret that could save Genesis and Earth...

"A dark jewel of a book . intoxicating" - Leigh Bardugo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Six of CrowsOf course I want to be like them.

At 17, she hopes to finally find out the truth about where she came from so she can discover who she truly is. Told in two perspectives, Marilyn's in the late 90s, and Angie's today, IN SEARCH OF US is a sweeping inter-generational story about mothers and daughters, love and loss, holding on and letting go.

36 questions guaranteed to make two strangers fall head over heels in love with each other?

Lily has no option but to follow her body and she sees her family - her parents and her twin brother - start falling apart. And then her twin brother Ben gives her a once in a deathtime opportunity - to use his own body for a while.

The first in a heartstopping, high-octane new space trilogySix girls, six boys. She has signed up for glory. She has signed up for love. She has signed up for a one-way ticket. Even if the dream turns to a nightmare, it is too late for regrets.

A romantic and relevant debut about Islamophobia and how it affects the normal life of a teenage girl. "I don't want something . . . But jewellery and heels are so uncomfortable . . . Then a suicide bomber who shares her last name strikes in a city hundreds of miles away and everything changes . . .

The newest high-octane addition to the thrilling Cell 7 seriesMartha and Isaac have escaped, but are now on the run - the government has branded them rebels and a danger to the public. Martha needs to act, and to act fast, in a tale of breathtaking treachery that reaches right to the heart of those in charge...

I'll be your mirror, reflect what you are, in case you don't know ... In the aftermath of her older sister's death, sixteen-year-old Carrie is taken under the wings of her sister's friends, and finds herself forsaking the science nerds of her former life and slipping into a daze of cheap beer and recreational drugs.

Shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book Award.A remarkable tale of confusion and betrayal - and a very special girl called Sophie. Told the only way I dare tell it.'Sophie Nieuwenleven is sort of English and sort of Belgian.

A blackly comic tale about two children you would never want to meet. Set in the Cornish town of Fowey, all is not as idyllic as the beautiful seaside town might seem. Then Miles Giffard, a similarly odd twelve-year-old boy, arrives in Fowey with his mother, and they start investigating together.

Cia Vale is now seventeen and has everything she ever dreamed of: a boy she loves, a place at the University and a future as one of the leaders of the United Commonwealth.

It's graduation day for sixteen-year-old Malencia Vale, and the entire Five Lakes Colony (the former Great Lakes) is celebrating.