Running Hot and Cold: Minecraft Ironsword Academy #3

If you enjoyed A Minecraft Movie, you'll love this series! Things may be heating up in the Nether, but at school, things have taken a cold turn!

FIRST THE SCHOOL GETS TOO COLD!THEN IT GETS WAY TOO HOT!WHAT IN MINECRAFT IS GOING ON?!Meanwhile, Eek has gone missing, having chased a mysterious player through the Overworld. If they're to get to the End in time, they need to find him and obtain blaze rods from the Nether pronto. Can Harper come up with a plan to help her friends and fix the school before it's too late?The Ironsword Academy is the third series of official Minecraft chapter books that are perfect for readers 6 to 9 and Minecraft fans of all ages!

About the author

Alan Batson is a British cartoonist and illustrator. His works include Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Star Wars Little Golden Book, Everything That Glitters is Guy!, and Spider-Ham. Being extremely fond of cubes and travel to exotic places, he has recently begun to lend his talents to several different books on adventures in the world of Minecraft.

Chris Hill is an illustrator living in Birmingham, England, with his wife and two daughters and has been loving it for twenty-five years! When he's not working, he spends time with his family and trying to tire out his dog on long walks. If there's any time left after that, he loves to go riding on his motorcycle, feeling the wind on his face while contemplating his next illustration adventure.

Caleb Zane Huett is an author and game designer who lives in Athens, Georgia. His favourite things in Minecraft are the axolotls.

Mojang is a games studio based in Stockholm, Sweden and was founded in 2009 by Markus Persson and Jakob Porser. Persson is also the creator of Mojang's best-selling game to date: Minecraft.

The alpha version of Minecraft was launched in 2009, and the official game went on sale in 2011. Since then, over 350 million copies have been sold, making it the best-selling video game of all time.

In 2025, Minecraft hit the big screen in a new movie starring Jason Momoa and Jack Black.