The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: A Lisbeth Salander Novel -- Stieg Larsson

<b>#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The thrilling first book in the Millenium series featuring Lisbeth Salander: "Combine the chilly Swedish backdrop and moody psychodrama of a Bergman movie with the grisly pyrotechnics of a serial-killer thriller, then add an angry punk heroine and a down-on-his-luck investigative journalist, and you have the ingredients of Stieg Larsson's first novel" (<i>The New York Times).</i></b> <p/>Harriet Vanger, a scion of one of Sweden's wealthiest families disappeared over forty years ago. All these years later, her aged uncle continues to seek the truth. He hires Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently trapped by a libel conviction, to investigate. He is aided by the pierced and tattooed punk prodigy Lisbeth Salander. Together they tap into a vein of unfathomable iniquity and astonishing corruption.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Stieg Larsson<br><b>Publisher:</b> Vintage Crime/Black Lizard<br><b>Published:</b> 06/23/2009<br><b>Pages:</b> 608<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.94lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.10h x 5.17w x 1.13d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780307454546<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 6.5<br><b>Point Value:</b> 27<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Upper Grade<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </b>126808 / Girl with the Dragon Tattoo<br><br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Vanity Fair</i> 12/01/2009 pg. 140<br><i>Newsweek</i> 05/24/2010 pg. 60<br><i>People Weekly</i> 05/31/2010 pg. 55<br><i>Entertainment Weekly</i> 06/04/2010 pg.