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Cover of The Homeward Bounders

The Homeward Bounders

Diana Wynne Jones (1981)

SubgenreChildren's Fantasy

Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12

Content ratingPG

Pages (Quick Read (<250))

Setting

CSM age10

Goodreads3.93

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Content levels

ViolenceMild

Sexual contentNone

LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Abandonment Manipulation Child Harm

Positive tags

Adventure Found Family Coming of Age Self-Discovery Hopeful Ending

Hero archetypes

Fish out of Water Orphan

Protagonist archetypes

Time-Displaced Coming-of-Age Protagonist Multiple POVs

Tropes

Portal Fantasy Time Travel Quest Found Family Fish out of Water Coming of Age Reluctant Hero Mentor Figure

Themes

Identity Free Will vs Fate Loneliness and Belonging Growing up Power and Manipulation Home and Displacement

Synopsis

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.

Tags

MultiverseTime Travel FantasyPhilosophical FantasyAdventure Fantasy