By the time Little Bao and his amassed army, dubbed the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fist, reach the occupied city of Peking, morale is strained and the line between right and wrong has blurred. What begins as a righteous march to the capital, bolstered by Little B's recurring visions of a pantheon of Chinese gods, quickly escalates in violence and rhetoric.

Raised in an impoverished rural village, Little Bao and his older brothers embark on a crusade to save China from Christian missionaries and other 'foreign devils' who are perceived to be the cause of their country's woes. American Born Chinese author Gene Luen Yang brings his trademark magical realism to the complexities of the Boxer Rebellion, and lays bare the universal foundations of extremism, rebellion, and faith.With a superbly executed triptych of graphic novels, Yang (American Born Chinese) employs parallel storylines to represent two opposing Chinese experiences during the Boxer Rebellion at the turn of the 20th century. Saints tells Vibiana’s story, and the companion volume, Boxers, tells the story of Little Bao, a young man who joins the Boxer Rebellion. This innovative format presents two parallel tales about young people caught up on opposite sides of a violent rift. Boxers & Saints is a groundbreaking graphic novel in two volumes. and whether she is willing to die for her faith. Torn between her nation and her Christian friends, Vibiana will have to decide where her true loyalties lie. The Boxer Rebellion is murdering Westerners and Chinese Christians alike. But China is a dangerous place for Christians. She finds friendship-and a name, Vibiana-in the most unlikely of places: Christianity. An unwanted fourth daughter, Four-Girl isn’t even given a proper name by her family. In 2016, he was named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow. His other comics works include Secret Coders (with Mike Holmes), The Shadow Hero (with Sonny Liew), as well as Superman Smashes the Klan and the Avatar: The Last Airbender series (both with Gurihiru). His nonfiction graphic novel Dragon Hoops received an Eisner Award and a Printz honor.

His two-volume graphic novel Boxers & Saints won the LA Times Book Prize and was a National Book Award finalist.

His graphic novel American Born Chinese, a National Book Award finalist and Printz Award winner, has been adapted into a streaming series on Disney+.

As the Library of Congress’s fifth National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, he advocates for the importance of reading, especially reading diversely. Gene Luen Yang writes, and sometimes draws, comic books and graphic novels.

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