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      The Homeward Bounders

      by Diana Wynne Jones
      Published
      Jan 1986
      Main Genre
      Fantasy Fantasy
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      224
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      If he finds the right world, Jamie can get Home again.

      When Jamie stumbled upon the powerful Them playing Their mysterious games, They threw him out to the Boundaries of the worlds. Since then, he's been yanked from world to world, doomed to wonder in hope of one day finding his way back to his own city.

      Bit by bit, though, Jamie realizes there are rules They have to play by. He forms an alliance with two other lost Homeward Bounders—bitter, powerful Helen and demon-hunter Joris—and takes a desperate chance, hoping that the three wanders can find a way back to their home worlds at last.

      Once he becomes a pawn in a game played by a powerful group he calls Them, 12-year-old Jamie is repeatedly catapulted through space and time.

      Genres & Themes

      Genres

      General Fiction Speculative Fiction

      Subgenres

      Fantasy

      Age Level

      Young Adult / Teens

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      First Edition Jan 1986 Ace ISBN13 9780441342662 ISBN10 0441342663
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      Jan 1984 Methuen young books ISBN13 9780416229400 ISBN10 0416229409
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      Jan 2000 HarperCollins (UK) ISBN13 9780006755258 ISBN10 0006755259
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      Jan 1981 MacMillan (UK) ISBN13 9780333309797 ISBN10 0333309790
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      Feb 2012 Greenwillow ISBN10 B006L7RG94
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