Stardust. Neil Gaiman

At the dawn of the Victorian era, life moves leisurely in the sleepy village of Wall.<br/><br/>Young Tristan Thorn has lost his heart to the beautiful Victoria Forester and, to win her love, vows to bring her a star they see fall from the night sky. It is an oath that sends him over the town's ancient wall and into the mysterious land of Faerie - a world that is dangerous and strange beyond imagining...