Beneath the flying luckdragon, giant turtle, glowing ivory tower and unforgettable theme song is a story about grief, bullying, courage, escape, imagination and hope. It is a movie about a lonely boy who finds refuge in a book, only to discover that the world inside that book needs him just as much as he needs it. That idea remains powerful because every reader, writer, dreamer and child-at-heart understands what it feels like to open a story and somehow feel seen by it.