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| Original Title: | The Homeward Bounders |
| ISBN: | 0749702818 (ISBN13: 9780749702816) |
Diana Wynne Jones
Paperback | Pages: 224 pages Rating: 3.91 | 3997 Users | 189 Reviews
Details Containing Books The Homeward Bounders
| Title | : | The Homeward Bounders |
| Author | : | Diana Wynne Jones |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 224 pages |
| Published | : | 1990 by Mammoth (first published 1981) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Fiction. Science Fiction. Childrens. Middle Grade. Science Fiction Fantasy |
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"You are now a discard. We have no further use for you in play. You are free to walk the Bounds, but it will be against the rules for you to enter play in any world. If you succeed in returning Home, then you may enter play again in the normal manner." When Jamie unwittingly discovers the sinister, dark-cloaked Them playing games with humans' lives, he is cast out to the boundaries of the worlds. Clinging to Their promise that if he can get Home he is free, he becomes an unwilling Random Factor in Their deadly, eternal game. Jamie travels alone until he teams up with Helen and Joris, determined to beat Them at Their own game. But Their rules don't allow Homeward Bounders to work together.Rating Containing Books The Homeward Bounders
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You wouldn't believe how lonely it gets. The Homeward Bounders is definitely unique and takes place in a world that is very typical for Daina Wynne Jones. She does seem to love her universes having multiple worlds, often based on or around ours. When it comes to world variety, it seems very similar to the Chrestomanci series, only that unlike there, the characters in this book have no choice but to travel from world to world. I loved how the plot came to a nice circle by the end of the book -a quick note: this is available on hoopla as an ebook, which is amazing given how generally difficult it is to find a great deal of DWJ's ouvre.this is not my favorite DWJ- perhaps because it's kind of a bummer- but the concept is so well-executed and the magical conceit is -the answer to the riddle that hides in the center of the book - is explicable and interesting! it's probably more of a 3.5 star rating from me, but it's just so good at what it does.sometimes I miss reading books in first
You all know how much I love Diana Wynne Jones.I discovered this book only a few weeks ago, when I picked it up from an HPB.I did not like this book.Now, don't get me wrong - it was fascinating. I read it in maybe three days. I couldn't put it down. I needed to know what happened next. NEEDED TO.BUT YOU GUYS I CRIED SO HARD BECAUSE OF THIS BOOK.AND I KNEW I WAS GOING TO CRY.ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE BOOK I COULD SEE IT COMING, STRAIGHT FROM PAGE ONE.BUT IT HAPPENED. AND I DID.I MIGHT BE CRYING
Diana Wynne Jones is one of my favorite writers. I go to her when I need a jolt of something entirely different and unexpected. This has all the usual Jones elements: parallel worlds, girls with magical gifts, mythic beings, and the play on words and logic. As with Fire and Hemlock you may have to read the ending twice to figure out exactly how it all played out. The protagonist, Jamie Hamilton, is a compelling character. He's a twelve-year-old boy from a lower class family. He's not interested
This is one of the most complex yet richly rewarding reads that I have come across. It was like reading all of Pullman's Dark Materials in one book (sort of). The subject matter and idea was complex but the plot and characters were so engaging. Unlike Charmed Life, I thought this was a challenging read both in concept and an writing but it was infinitely all the better for it. Based on the idea that all worlds are controlled by gamers who played with our lives, one young boy, Jamie, having
A wonderful discovery. Jamie's disrespect for boundaries and nosiness get him to stumble into 'Them' and 'their game', thus being made a Discart and sent on a journey through hundreds of worlds as a 'Homeward Bounder', is only hope of escaping the endless circle being to find his way back home along the way. Jamie is a strong-minded, no-nonsense troublemaker - not the sort of hero we are used from Diana Wynne Jones, but one that makes perfect sense for this story. I loved him and liked the book,
Reading this book may hurt you. It's that beautiful, and that sad. But it's worth it.
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