The Neverending Story

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 Times

Michael Ende worked as an actor, director, playwright, and film critic as well as a children's book author. He published many acclaimed children's books in his native Germany. The Neverending Story topped the best-seller lists there for three years and went on to be translated into more than thirty languages and made into a major motion picture. Mr. Ende died in 1995. Ralph Manheim translated many notable works from the German, including The Three-penny Opera, by Bertolt Brecht. His translation of Tales for Young and Old, by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm, is considered by many to be the premier English edition of the Brothers Grimm. Mr. Manheim died in 1992.