Imagine that you open a new book—and it captivates you so completely that you feel like you’ve become one of its characters. That’s exactly what happened to a boy named Bastian while he was reading “The Neverending Story.” In a wondrous way, he finds himself in the Land of Fantasia, which is threatened with destruction: it is being devoured by the dreadful NOTHING. And only thanks to a long, perilous journey was Fantasia saved.