“A masterful work of historical fiction that happens to be in the form of a graphic novel, and a very accessible view into a complicated moment in Chinese history.” -Dave Eggers Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult LiteratureĪ New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of 2013 This boxed set includes the trade paperback Boxers as well as the trade paperback Saints, packaged together in one slipcase. Gene Luen Yang is rightly called a master of the comics form, and this book will cement that reputation.

It offers a penetrating insight into not only one of the most controversial episodes of modern Chinese history, but into the very core of our human nature. As the Boxer Rebellion gains momentum, Vibiana must decide whether to abandon her Christian friends or to commit herself fully to Christianity.īoxers & Saints is one of the most ambitious graphic novels First Second has ever published. A girl whose village has no place for her is taken in by Christian missionaries and finds, for the first time, a home with them.

Against all odds, their grass-roots rebellion is successful.īut in the second volume, Yang lays out the opposite side of the conflict. Little Bao, inspired by visions of the Chinese gods, joins a violent uprising against the Western interlopers. The first is of Little Bao, a Chinese peasant boy whose village is abused and plundered by Westerners claiming the role of missionaries. In two volumes, Boxers & Saints tells two parallel stories. The Boxers & Saints Boxed Set from Gene Luen Yang, one of the greatest comics storytellers alive, brings all his formidable talents to bear in this astonishing work.

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