The Homeward Bounders
The Homeward Bounders is a 1981 time-travel fiction novel by Diana Wynne Jones. Readers will find themes of space and time, time travel, voyages and travels and Time.
Open Library readers give it an average of 4.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, and 11 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 15 editions.
At about 224 pages, most readers finish it in 4–5 hours.
About The Homeward Bounders
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.
Quick answers
Who wrote The Homeward Bounders?
The Homeward Bounders was written by Diana Wynne Jones and first published in 1981.
What genre is The Homeward Bounders?
It is usually shelved as Time Travel.
How long is The Homeward Bounders?
The median edition has 224 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to The Homeward Bounders?
Readers who like it often enjoy Thanksgiving on Thursday, The Halloween Tree and Many Waters (Time Quintet #4).
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