The Neverending Story
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Michael Ende
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
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Author
Michael Ende
Pages
448
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Published Date
1993-01-01
ISBN
0140386335 9780140386332
Ratings
Google: 1
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"The movie barley covers the first part of the book. It’s strange to read because it’s been translated poorly."
Regina Simmons
"#fantasy #otherworlds #magic "
Vicki S.
"A must read!"
JNenX
"How many people have read this book?"
Multi-stan Persona
"I did not enjoy the second half. Bastian’s character really upset me 😅"
Julie Salsman
"I loved the movie but struggled with this book. I don't think this is my type of genre."
Kelly Decoteau
"God this book hit me so damn hard in my Emotions!!!! I always loved the movie as a child but I'd never read the book until now, but Clearly I should have read it sooner!!!"
Rook
"I wanted to love this book. The movie was my favorite movie as a kid, and I still love watching it now as an adult in my late 20s. But I could not get into it. I never even finished it. Maybe it's because I don't particularly enjoy the translatio, or maybe I'm too stuck on the movie. Just wasn't for me."
Brooklyn H
"Loved the first half of the book and can totally understand why the movie ended there. I didn't enjoy the second half nearly as much."
Melissa Shaw
"A lonely boy named Bastian finds a strange book that draws him into the beautiful but doomed world of Fantastica, a place that can only be saved by a human giving its ruler, the Childlike Empress, a new name. The Neverending Story hit many of my least-favorites all at once. The journey, it was long, it was wide, it was about an inch deep. I am too old for this book, because I don’t deal well with skimming, and skimming is all this book does. I found it incredibly superficial -- but I wish I had an eight year old to read it to.<br/>"
Amanda Ebbutt
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