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The Neverending Story by Michael Ende

The Neverending Story

By Michael Ende
Translated by Ralph Manheim

By Michael Ende
Translated by Ralph Manheim

By Michael Ende
Translated by Ralph Manheim

By Michael Ende
Translated by Ralph Manheim

By Michael Ende
Translated by Ralph Manheim

By Michael Ende
Translated by Ralph Manheim

By Michael Ende
Translated by Ralph Manheim

By Michael Ende
Translated by Ralph Manheim

Paperback $17.00

Jul 20, 1984 | 384 Pages

Mass Market Paperback $7.99

Jan 01, 1993 | 448 Pages | Middle Grade (10 and up)

Hardcover $22.99

Mar 01, 1997 | 400 Pages | Middle Grade (10 and up)

Ebook $7.99

Jan 01, 1993 | 448 Pages | Middle Grade (10 and up)

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    About The Neverending Story

    Unicorns, dragons, sprites, will-o’-the-wisps: the inhabitants of an enchanted world. And into this world – through the pages of an old book – ventures Bastian, a lonely boy of ten or twelve. But Fantastica is slowly decaying, its Childlike Empress dying. Only a real human being can set things right by giving the Empress a new name. Bastian takes up the challenge, and finds himself crossing the Swamps of Sadness and the Silver Mountains, meeting sorcerers and giants, bats and night-hobs, gnomes and racing snails, as he journeys bravely toward the Ivory Tower, Bastian’s quest is filled with all the wonders of myth and fairy tale. It is a fantasy adventure that will capture your heart – and recapture the magical dreams of childhood.

    About The Neverending Story

    Read the book that inspired the classic coming-of-age film! From award-winning German author Michael Ende, The Neverending Story is a classic tale of one boy and the 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 Times

    About The Neverending Story

    Read the book that inspired the classic coming-of-age film before it’s back onscreen in select theaters this September!

    From award-winning German author Michael Ende, The Neverending Story is a classic tale of one boy and the 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 Times

    About The Neverending Story

    Read the book that inspired the classic coming-of-age film before it’s back onscreen in select theaters this September!

    From award-winning German author Michael Ende, The Neverending Story is a classic tale of one boy and the 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 Times

    About Michael Ende

    Michael 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… More about Michael Ende

    About Michael Ende

    Michael 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… More about Michael Ende

    About Michael Ende

    Michael 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… More about Michael Ende

    About Michael Ende

    Michael 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… More about Michael Ende

    Product Details

    Category: Epic Fantasy

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Jul 20, 1984 | 384 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780140074314

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Action & Adventure Books | Children’s Picture Books

    Mass Market Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Puffin Books
    Jan 01, 1993 | 448 Pages | 4-3/8 x 7-1/8 | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780140386332

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Action & Adventure Books | Children’s Picture Books

    Hardcover | $22.99
    Published by Dutton Books for Young Readers
    Mar 01, 1997 | 400 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780525457589

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Action & Adventure Books | Children’s Picture Books

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Puffin Books
    Jan 01, 1993 | 448 Pages | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780525556046

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    Praise 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 Times

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