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Boxers & Saints Boxed Set by Gene Luen Yang

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Boxers & Saints Boxed Set

Gene Luen Yang, Lark Pien

First Second · September 10, 2013 · Paperback – September 10, 2013

Reading lane: Young Adult Fiction / Historical / Asia

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Who It's For

  • Good for readers who enjoy Young Adult Fiction / Historical / Asia
  • Good for readers interested in award
  • Good for fans of Graphic Novels

Book Details

  • Authors: Gene Luen Yang, Lark Pien
  • Publisher: First Second
  • Published: September 10, 2013
  • Edition: Paperback – September 10, 2013
  • Themes: History, Teens, Series.
  • Reading lane: Historical and Comics & Graphic Novels.

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  • Young Adult Fiction / Historical / Asia

    82%
  • Young Adult Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / Historical

    77%
  • Young Adult Nonfiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / History

    75%

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About This Book

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. Again...

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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

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