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.
In two volumes, Boxers & Saints tells two parallel stories. The first
is of Little Bao, a Chinese peasant boy whose village is abused and
plundered by Westerners claiming the role of missionaries. Little Bao,
inspired by visions of the Chinese gods, joins a violent uprising
against the Western interlopers. Against all odds, their grass-roots
rebellion is successful.
But in the second volume, Yang lays out the opposite side of the
conflict. 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.
As the Boxer Rebellion gains momentum, Vibiana must decide whether to
abandon her Christian friends or to commit herself fully to
Christianity.
Boxers & Saints is one of the most ambitious graphic novels First
Second has ever published. 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. Gene Luen Yang is rightly called
a master of the comics form, and this book will cement that reputation.
This boxed set includes the trade paperback Boxers as well as the
trade paperback Saints, packaged together in one slipcase.
A New York Times bestseller
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature
A New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of 2013