![]() ![]() ![]() American Born Chinese author Gene Luen Yang brings his clear-eyed storytelling and trademark magical realism to the complexities of the Boxer Rebellion and lays bare the foundations of extremism, rebellion, and faith.-Discover the other side of the Boxer Rebellion in Saints - the companion volume to Boxers. The first volume, Boxers, is told from the point of view of Little Bao, a young Chinese peasant grows up to become the leader of a band of Boxer Rebels hoping to take back their country from European Imperial rule. Boxers & Saints is an innovative new graphic novel in two volumes - the parallel stories of two young people caught up on opposite sides of a violent rift. Little Bao is fighting for the glory of China, but at what cost? So many are dying, including thousands of secondary devils - Chinese citizens who have converted to Christianity.-Boxers & Saints is an innovative new graphic novel in two volumes - the parallel stories of two young people caught up on opposite sides of a violent rift. Boxers and Saints is a two-volume graphic novel set during the Boxer Rebellion in China. Harnessing the powers of ancient Chinese gods, he recruits an army of Boxers - commoners trained in kung fu who fight to free China from foreign devils.Against all odds, this grass-roots rebellion is violently successful. Bands of foreign missionaries and soldiers roam the countryside, bullying and robbing Chinese peasants. ![]()
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