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Title:The Homeward Bounders
Author:Diana Wynne Jones
Book Format:Paperback
Book Edition:First 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.

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Original Title: The Homeward Bounders
ISBN: 0749702818 (ISBN13: 9780749702816)

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This was a magical and enchanting children's book! Twelve year old Jamie is a normal 1880's boy his family run a grocery, though his mother has aspirations for him to get enducated and be a doctor. Jamie likes to explore his city though, one day he goes over a wall into a private garden and finds people who are not really human doing things on machines he does not understand. To curious to leave it alone Jamie makes his was into Their house and discovers he has just become a random piece the

Really, by now I should trust her. I wasn't sure what to expect from this book, and at at some point in the middle I worried it was about to turn into one of those Kipling-esque, Silverlock, "let's meet random characters from legend" kind of stories, but it didn't (not really) and immediately got even better and then lurched from strength to strength until it was ending and I was crying and she did it once again. You have to wait a bit to get the off-kilter charm and whimsy of some of her books

This was a lovely little escape from reality. I hate giving spoilers, so I won't go into details. Just pick it up and have a read. Diana Wynne Jones has a real talent for inventing worlds and telling a story. I do also love how she's basically timed how long it takes a young reader to get bored and will jump in with something intriguing to keep them going. If you're looking to be a writer, you could do worse than to study this master.

I am definitely enjoying Diana Wynne Jones' books, and I happened to come across these by chance!In this book the story revolves around a young lad, Jamie, that discovers that our 'world' is basically a big boardgame for aliens - I'm thinking something like Risk (or at least how I understand that game is played) but because he discovers this he is cast out from his word and cursed to walk the Bounds (cross between the worlds) until he finds his Home again. The alternative worlds vary from one

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 -

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

oh my god, THIS BOOK IS TOO DEPRESSING. No wonder I haven't read it in ten years and blocked out most of it (although nothing will ever block out "But you wouldn't believe how lonely you get"). brb, SOBBING.