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The Homeward Bounders Free Ebook FREETHE HOMEWARD BOUNDERS EBOOK Diana Wynne Jones | 256 pages | 06 Nov 2000 | HarperCollins Publishers | 9780006755258 | English | London, United Kingdom The Homeward Bounders | Diana Wynne Jones Wiki | Fandom This post The Homeward Bounders part of my ongoing Diana Wynne Jones retrospective project. Maybe I was turned off because the title reminded me of that movie with the dogs. There are no similarities between The Homeward Bounders two, as far as I can tell. In fact, a quick summary of The Homeward Bounders book might be met with disbelief that this could possibly be a story for children. You are now a discardone of Them tells Jamie. We have no further use for you in play. While exploring a distant neighborhood in his city, Jamie discovers an old, mysterious house. Overcome with curiosity, he climbs the garden wall and sneaks up to the house. He discovers the beings he only refers to as Themplaying some sort of huge-scale game on a table, surrounded by whirring computers — reality shimmers. They, in return, discover Jamie, and reluctantly deal with him. Immobilized, Jamie must listen while They briefly consider the The Homeward Bounders of leaving his corpse on the street. Jamie finds himself jolted away from his own world and into a new one. He has to attempt to find work and fit in. And then he has to do it again. A hundred times in a row. Jamie visits all sorts of worlds on his travels, from the modern to the barbaric, from the cheerfully drunk to the miserably warring. He meets some familiar characters along the way like the Flying Dutchman and some new ones, like demon-armed Helen and cheerful former slave Joris. DWJ did a nice job of pacing The Homeward Bounders. I also think narrative benefited from being told in the first person. Well, what happened was like that. Even time is warped. Jones deals with the idea of multiple, coexisting worlds universes, really — hinted at in Charmed Life — with the most depth to date. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Skip to content This post is part of my ongoing Diana Wynne Jones retrospective project. Is this The Homeward Bounders sort of sick game, you ask? Oh yes. This is one very large, very sick game. And thus begins the adventure. Join the Conversation. This is quite possibly her best book. Which is saying quite a lot. Leave a comment Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. The Homeward Bounders - Wikipedia When we started off this blog at the beginning of the year, Eight Days of Luke was the first featured post. After that, I made The Homeward Bounders to find every new book she wrote The Homeward Bounders it came out. I still have my own tattered, much-loved and often transported collection of mostly first editions of the books right beside my computer at home. The book I love that seems most often overlooked in my opinion is The Homeward Bounders. The book starts with Jamie in the headquarters of Themtelling his story into a computer, which is printing out his words. Jamie was a normal kid, growing up in a world with not much technology. One day, playing football in the streets soccer to us Americanshe kicks the ball over a large wall. Not wanting to lose it, he climbs the wall The Homeward Bounders finds himself in a strange garden. Unfortunately for Jamie, curiosity got the better of him, and The Homeward Bounders snuck up on the house to see what the people inside were doing. Because he interrupted Their game, he was thrown out of the house. Unaware that his life has completely changed, Jamie climbs out of the The Homeward Bounders and tries to go home. Jamie has to use his wits to survive; everything about his life has changed. Is it even possible for him to find Home? As Jamie meets legendary wanderers like The The Homeward Bounders Dutchman, he becomes jaded, traveling the bounds, cycling around the worlds, always trying to find his way back to his family. He does have some hope though, as he meets a giant who reassures him that there is a way to get Home. Then circumstances change and he meets two new Homeward Bounders about his own age, Helen and Joris. Can he help his new friends or maybe friendly enemies figure out the bounds and find their homes? Originally published in when war games like Dungeons and Dragons were popular, this would be a great book to give to gamers. And of course, fans of other books by Diana Wynne Jones will like The Homeward Bounders as well, even if you might have to do a bit of searching to find it. Appropriate for good fourth and fifth grade The Homeward Bounders, but probably most enjoyed by middle school readers. And Diana Wynne Jones fans of all ages. Oh, thank you for spotlighting The Homeward Bounders. Thank you so much for coming up with Diana Wynne Jones week! You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify The Homeward Bounders of new posts via email. Like this: Like Loading And if I had the time, I could definitely come up with an entry for every one of her books. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Email required Address never made public. Name required. Post to Cancel. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Sorry, The Homeward Bounders blog cannot share posts by email. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use. To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy. The Homeward Bounders by Diana Wynne Jones Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to The Homeward Bounders saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. 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. Clinging The Homeward Bounders 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. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. Published by Mammoth first published More Details Original Title. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Homeward Boundersplease sign up. Be the first to ask a question about The Homeward Bounders. Lists with This Book. The Homeward Bounders Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of The Homeward Bounders. Shelves: favoriteswee-ones-and-bored-teenagers. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This one starts out when this kid who lives in some sort of strange time and place that never actually existed stumbles upon a group of Them Them being hooded, The Homeward Bounders gamers who are possibly among the most haunting figures in kid lit due to horrific combination of general creepiness and very disturbing model of cruel and indifferent gods. They catch the kid spying on Them while they're playing, and as punishment cast him out into a collection of alternate worlds, which it turns out are all these alternate realities manipulated by Themas Their form of amusing game. Because the kid discovered the players behind The Homeward Bounders curtain, he is forced to become a Homeward Bounder, doomed to scramble around between the worlds, trying to find his way back to his own home. As the story goes on, you start to get the feeling this might be trickier than originally thought, as the kid begins to encounter other Homeward Bounders, including the Flying Dutchman and the Wandering Jew, who have been at this homeward bounding for quite some time It is also about her ability to write this chaotic, artistic, meaningful literature for children. At the end of this book I'm spoiling here! So lookout! This is a really important point in The Homeward Bounders plot, because it's only then that the The Homeward Bounders has the revelation that "hope is an anchor" -- that is, that hope and faith in the future is a prison, a deceptive trap being used to enslave the Homeward Bounders and The Homeward Bounders keep in place the The Homeward Bounders system of worlds They've established. Okay, maybe I wouldn't consider that such a profound message if I found it in a grownup book I'd be reading today, but for kids' fantasy fiction, that is some pretty heady stuff, am I right??! Hope is an anchor! It keeps you in chains! The way to become liberated is to abandon all your hopes and optimistic expectations, as only then you can really be free!!! That is just such a terrific message for kids to learn early on, especially in such a very lovely and entertaining format.
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