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Boxers by Gene Luen Yang

4.0

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Mixing magic and historical fiction, “Boxers” and “Saints” are companion graphic novels that follow 2 teens on opposite sides of the Boxer Rebellion in China, a bloody anti-imperialist uprising at the turn of the 20th century. “Boxers” follows a peasant called Little Bao and his rise as the unlikely leader of the Boxers, or the Society of the Harmonious Fists. They use martial arts to fight foreigners, Christian missionaries and converts (~secondary devils~). “Saints” follows Four-Girl/Vibiana, one of these ~secondary devils~, a teen who seeks solace in her Christian faith.   
  
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