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chianna_li 's review for:
Boxers
by Gene Luen Yang
I think this was a great way to learn about Chinese history and culture. As a Chinese-American, it especially interested me as some aspects were very familiar and some were completely foreign. Little Bao's story illustrates the inner conflict of war and fine line between heroism and villainy well. I also love how spirituality was addressed in this book. I think it is fitting that the god were portrayed as real as they were real to the people the books perspective was from. Gene Luen Yang does magical realism in a way that is not so much mysterious as it is to open people's eyes to different perspective. The way he ties in mythology into the story really grew on me. Great book!