| The Neverending Story Contributor(s): Ende, Michael (Author), Manheim, Ralph (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0140074317 ISBN-13: 9780140074314 Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1984 Annotation: Small and insignificant Bastian Balthazar Bux is nobody's idea of a hero, least of all his own. Then, through the pages of an ancient, mysterious book, he discovers the enchanted world of Fantastica, and only Bastian himself can save the fairy people who live there. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Classics - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 84060945 |
| Lexile Measure: 930 |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 5.08" W x 7.74" (0.58 lbs) 377 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 15578 Reading Level: 5.9 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 18.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |