The world bestseller by Michael Ende for children and young adults aged 12 and up.

Bastian Balthasar Bux discovers a mysterious book, "The Neverending Story," in a bookstore. Enthralled, he reads about the adventures of the hero Atreyu and his dangerous mission: to save Fantastica and its ruler, the Childlike Empress. Initially just a spectator, he unexpectedly finds himself in Fantastica. "Do what you will" is the inscription on the symbol of absolute power. However, Bastian only learns what this phrase truly means after a long search. For his true task is not to rule Fantastica, but to find his way back out. But how does one leave a realm that has no boundaries?.