The Neverending Story

By Michael Ende
Translated from the German by Ralph Manheim
Illustrated by Roswitha Quadflieg

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.

Paperback
384 pages
Age range: 10 and up
Penguin Books, 1984
5 x 7.75 inches
ISBN 9780140074314 
Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction