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BOXERS & SAINTS BOXED SET
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| By: |
Gene Luen Yang |
| Format: |
Multiple copy pack |
| List price:
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£24.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1596439246 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781596439245 |
| Publisher: |
ROARING BROOK PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
4 September, 2013 |
| Pages: |
512 |
| Description: |
Boxers: In China in 1898 bands of foreign missionaries and soldiers roam the countryside, bullying and robbing Chinese peasants. Little Bao has had enough: 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." |
| Synopsis: |
Gene Luen Yang is the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.Boxers & Saints Boxed Set EditionOne of the greatest comics storytellers alive brings all his formidable talents to bear in this astonishing new work.In two volumes, Boxers & 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.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.Boxers & 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.This boxed set includes the trade paperback Boxers as well as the trade paperback Saints, packaged together in one slipcase.Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult LiteratureA New York Times bestsellerOne of Publishers Weekly's Best Comic Books and Best Children's Books of 2013 A New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of 2013A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of 2013An NPR Best Book of 2013 |
| Reader Age: |
From 12 to 18 years |
| US Grade: |
Seventh Grade and over |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
First Second |
| Prizes: |
Winner of L.A. Times Book Prize (Young Adult Literature) 2013
Commended for Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards (Fiction) 2014
Commended for National Book Awards (Young People's Lit.) 2013
Commended for Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (Ten
Commended for Cybils (Graphic Novel/YA) 2013
Short-listed for Volunteer State Book Awards (Middle School) 2015 |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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