{"product_id":"boxers-saints-boxed-set-boxers-saints-1","title":"Boxers \u0026 Saints Boxed Set (Boxers \u0026 Saints, 1)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Boxers \u0026amp; 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn two volumes, Boxers \u0026amp; 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoxers \u0026amp; 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis boxed set includes the trade paperback Boxers as well as the trade paperback Saints, packaged together in one slipcase.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA New York Times bestseller\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature\u003cbr\u003eA New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of 2013\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"First Second","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45515044061231,"sku":"9781596439245","price":40.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0622\/8122\/0143\/files\/9781596439245.jpg?v=1782233704","url":"https:\/\/highfivebooks.org\/products\/boxers-saints-boxed-set-boxers-saints-1","provider":"High Five Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}