num_pages: 445
description: 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
language: English
title: The Neverending Story
titlecomplete: The Neverending Story
characters: Gmork, Grograman, Falkor, Uyulala, Morla, Atreyu, The Childlike Empress, Karl Konrad Koreander, The Old Man of Wandering Mountain, Xayide, Bastian Balthazar Bux
genres: Middle Grade, Childrens, Young Adult, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fantasy, Classics, German Literature, Adventure, Fiction, Books About Books
ratings_count: 195494
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: Firebird