The Homeward Bounders
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Homeward Bounders
By (Author) Diana Wynne Jones
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins Children's Books
2nd January 2001
8th July 2010
United Kingdom
Classifications
Children
Fiction
Children's / Teenage fiction: Dark fantasy
Children's / Teenage fiction: Game-related / LitRPG stories
Children's / Teenage general interest: Mysteries and the unexplained
Children's / Teenage fiction: Science fiction
Children's / Teenage fiction: Speculative, dystopian and utopian fiction
823.914
Physical Properties
Paperback
256
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 19mm
260g
Description
"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 scary, dark-cloaked Them playing games with human's 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 the unwilling Random Factor in an endless game of chance.
Reviews
"...Her hallmarks include laugh-aloud humour, plenty of magic and imaginative array of alternate worlds. Yet, at the same time, a great seriousness is present in all of her novels, a sense of urgency that links Jones's most outrageous plots to her readers' hopes and fears..." Publishers Weekly
Author Bio
Diana Wynne Jones (19342011) spent her childhood in Essex and began writing fantasy novels for children in the 1970s. With her unique combination of magic, humour and imagination, she enthralled generations of children and adults with her work. She won the Guardian Award in 1977 with Charmed Life, was runner-up for the Children's Book Award in 1981 and was twice runner-up for the Carnegie Medal.
