{"product_id":"9781466854499","title":"Boxers \u0026 Saints","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoxers\u0026amp;Saints Boxed Set Edition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the greatest comics storytellers alive brings all his formidable talents to bear in this astonishing new work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn two volumes, \u003ci\u003eBoxers\u0026amp;Saints\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoxers\u0026amp;Saints\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eBoxers\u0026amp;Saints\u003c\/i\u003e will cement that reputation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Comic Books and Best Children's Books of 2013 \u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Children's Book of 2013 A \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003eBest Teen Book of 2013\u003cbr\u003eAn NPR Best Book of 2013\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"First Second","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125840986352,"sku":"9781466854499","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466854499_p0.jpg?v=1763686133","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466854499","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}