num_pages: 377
description:  Alternate cover edition  here  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.
language: English
title: The Neverending Story
titlecomplete: The Neverending Story
characters: The Childlike Empress, Falkor, The Old Man of Wandering Mountain, Bastian Balthazar Bux, Grograman, Gmork, Morla, Uyulala, Karl Konrad Koreander, Xayide, Atreyu
genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Young Adult, German Literature, Middle Grade, Childrens, Classics, Books About Books, Fiction, Adventure
ratings_count: 195588
places: Germany, Fantastica
awards: awardedAt: 284025600000
name: Buxtehuder Bulle, awardedAt: 410256000000
name: Zilveren Griffel, awardedAt: 315561600000
name: Preis der Leseratten des ZDF, awardedAt: 1451635200000
name: Deutscher Hörbuchpreis
category: Bestes Kinderhörbuch
publisher: Penguin