Oxford Bookworms Library: Starter: The Girl with Green Eyes John Escott Oxford University Press

Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder - and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family • He employs disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed, truculent computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate. When the pair link Harriet's disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from forty years ago, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history • But the Vangers are a secretive clan, and Blomkvist and Salander are about to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves

Mabel Mynt knows a lot about space...like how we feel connected to the stars because we are all made of stardust. And that Mum's new boyfriend, Galactic Gavin, has eyes that twinkle like Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky. And that sometimes the perfect place for her sister Terrible Topaz would be a black hole • But Mabel doesn't know how to fill the space in her heart that Dad left when he walked out. And so she sets out on a mission of discovery • A heart-warming and hilarious story about learning that love is never lost and change doesn't have to be scary

She may not remember her name, but her body knows • 1940. When a French family is forced to house a German soldier in their spare room, young Noemie finds herself drawn to the enemy living under the family roof. A forbidden romance unfolds with life-changing consequences • 1946. In the aftermath of the war, a little girl is found sitting on a bench with no memory of who she is - not even her own name. Justin, a young gendarme, takes her under his wing. He is desperate to unravel the mystery surrounding her sudden appearance • Who is the little girl? • And what happened to her family? • The truth he discovers is spine-chilling

'You deserve more than this, Jess . . . You deserve to know the truth about the McNallys.' • When a newborn baby girl is found abandoned with nothing but a scarlet ribbon tied to her basket, Ada Davidson, housekeeper of the wealthy McNally family's home, the Uplands, takes her into her care. Sworn to secrecy about the baby's true identity, Ada names her Jess and brings her up as her own, giving Jess no reason to question where she came from • But when Ada passes away, grief-stricken Jess, now sixteen, is banished from the place she's always called home. With the scarlet ribbon the only connection to her past, will Jess ever find out where she really belongs? And will she uncover the truth about the ruthless McNallys?

1940, Amsterdam • You're nineteen years old. The war has stolen your future and your country is under siege. The people you love are no longer safe • Will you stand aside as the menace of Nazi evil tightens its grip on your homeland? Or do you unleash your fury, joining forces with your enemies' enemies, plotting to strike? • Because if not you, then who? • You're drawn deep into a web of plots, disguises and assassinations. The Resistance trained you for this. You flash your enemies a smile and beckon them closer • Little do they know you've grown used to the weight of a gun in your hand • Soon, they will all know your name

Edmund de Waal uncovers the history of a family through a turbulent century through 264 objects • 264 wood and ivory carvings, none of them bigger than a matchbox: Edmund de Waal was entranced when he first encountered the collection in his great uncle Iggie's Tokyo apartment. When he later inherited the 'netsuke', they unlocked a story far larger and more dramatic than he could ever have imagined • From a burgeoning empire in Odessa to fin de siecle Paris, from occupied Vienna to Tokyo, Edmund de Waal traces the netsuke's journey through generations of his remarkable family against the backdrop of a tumultuous century

Экстраординарный взгляд на жизнь при одной из самых безжалостных и скрытных диктатур в мире – и история ужасающей борьбы одной женщины за то, чтобы избежать плена/репатриации и привести свою семью к свободе • Будучи ребенком, выросшим в Северной Корее, Хенсео Ли был одним из миллионов, оказавшихся в ловушке скрытного и жестокого коммунистического режима. Ее дом на границе с Китаем дал ей некоторое представление о мире за пределами Королевства отшельников, и когда в 1990-х годах разразился голод, она начала удивляться, подвергать сомнению и осознавать, что всю ее жизнь ей промывали мозги. Учитывая репрессии, нищету и голод, свидетелями которых она была, неужели ее страна не могла быть, как ей говорили, “лучшей на планете”? • В возрасте семнадцати лет она решила сбежать из Северной Кореи