A story that never ends

Author: Michael Ende
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: Translated into 43 languages, with global sales reaching 20,000,000 copies. It held the top spot on the Spiegel magazine bestseller list in Germany for 113 consecutive weeks. It has been adapted multiple times into films, TV series, animated films, ballets, operas, and stage plays. Awarded 13 international and domestic literary prizes, this is the pinnacle work of best-selling author Michael Ende. In Germany, this book is as household as Journey to the West is in China. It is a magical book that tells us there is another world beyond reality, that is the Kingdom of Fantasy. And the key to the Kingdom of Fantasy is this book, The Neverending Story. As you read this book, you might discover that someone from the Kingdom of Fantasy is calling you from the depths, needing your help! Because, you might just be the next hero to save the Kingdom of Fantasy!
The protagonist of the novel, Bastian, accidentally enters an old bookstore on his way to school and discovers a strange book: The Neverending Story. An irresistible magic draws him in, and he steals the book and hides in the school attic to read it. He learns that the Kingdom of Fantasy is being destroyed, and the life of the innocent Empress is in danger. Only a person from the real world can give her a new name, and only then can she and the Kingdom of Fantasy be saved. As a result, Bastian, who is reading the book, is pulled into it and becomes unexpectedly the savior of the innocent Empress and the Kingdom of Fantasy. To thank him, the innocent Empress promises to grant him any wish he has in the Kingdom of Fantasy. From then on, Bastian begins his perilous journey.