<p>Gene Luen Yang is the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.</p><p><i>Boxers & Saints </i>Boxed Set Edition</p><p>One of the greatest comics storytellers alive brings all his formidable talents to bear in this astonishing new work.</p><p>In two volumes, <i>Boxers & Saints</i> 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.</p><p>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.</p><p><i>Boxers & Saints</i> 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.</p><p>This boxed set includes the trade paperback <i>Boxers</i> as well as the trade paperback <i>Saints</i>, packaged together in one slipcase.</p><p>Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature</p><p>A <i>New York Times </i>bestseller<br>One of <i>Publishers Weekly</i>'s Best Comic Books and Best Children's Books of 2013 <br>A <i>New York Times Book Review </i>Notable Children's Book of 2013<br>A <i>Kirkus Reviews </i>Best Teen Book of 2013<br>An NPR Best Book of 2013</p>
