Boxers & Saints Boxed Set Edition One of the greatest comics storytellers alive brings all his
formidable talents to bear in this astonishing new 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. Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult
LiteratureOne of Publishers Weekly's Best Comic Books and Best Children's Books of 2013 A New
York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of 2013 A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of
2013An NPR Best Book of 2013
