At the edge of the city, in the ruins of an old amphitheatre, there lives a little homelss girl called Momo. Momo has a special talent which she uses to help all her friends who come to visit her. Then one day the sinister men in grey arrive and silently take over the city. Only Momo has the power to resist them, and with the help of Professor Hora and his strange tortoise, Cassiopeia, she travels beyond the boundaries of time to uncover their dark secrets. Michael Ende (www.michaelende.de)  was born in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, in 1929. After attending drama school from 1948 to 1950, he worked variously as an actor, a writer of sketches and plays, a director of the Volkstheater in Munich, and a film critic for the Bavarian broadcasting company. His first novel for children,  Jim Knopf and Lukas the Engine Driver , was published in Germany in 1960 to great popular and critical acclaim, and both radio and televsion series based on the  Jim Knopf  books were soon produced. In 1973 he published another award-winning children's novel,  Momo . When  The Neverending Story  was first published in Germany in 1979 it immediately became the number-one bestseller arnd remained in that position for three years. It has since been published in many different languages all over the world, including Japanese, and has enchanted readers in each country in which it has appeared. New Mint Condition Dispatch same day for order received before 12 noon Guaranteed packaging No quibbles returns