The Neverending Story [Hardcover]

Discover the classic coming-of-age adventure of a young boy and a mysterious book that magically comes to life.

When Bastian happens upon an old book called The Neverending Story, he's swept into the magical world of Fantastica--so much that he finds he has actually become a character in the story! And when he realizes that this mysteriously enchanted world is in great danger, he also discovers that he is the one chosen to save it. Can Bastian overcome the barrier between reality and his imagination in order to save Fantastica?


An instantaneous leap into the magical . . . Energetic, innovative, and perceptive —The Washington Post

A trumpet blast for the imagination. —Sunday TimesPraise for The Neverending Story...

An instantaneous leap into the magical … Energetic, innovative, and perceptive —The Washington Post

A rich, enjoyable read … Succeeds by drawing in the most potent elements of fairytale, myth, and invented fantasy. —The Observer

You might just get in touch with the child in you who clapped her hands for Tinker Bell. —Glamour

A trumpet blast for the imagination. —Sunday TimesMichael Ende was born in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, in 1929. After attending drama school from 1948 to 1950, he worked variously as an actor, a writer of sketches and plays, a director of the Volkstheater in Munich, and a film critic for the Bavarian broadcasting company. His first novel for children, Jim Knopf and Lukas the Engine Driver, was published in Germany in 1960ls#