Gene Luen Yang (Goodreads Author), Bryan Koneitzko, Various (Illustrator), Gurihiru (Illustrator) 4.42 avg rating 21,398 ratings published 2012 3 editions. Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 2 (The Promise, 2) by. The publisher gave me a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars.

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. I recommend them for mother-daughter book clubs with girls aged 14 and up. Saints tells Vibiana's story, and the companion volume, Boxers, tells the story of Little Bao, a young man who joins the Boxer Rebellion. Together these two volumes examine not just the historical event, but the forces that drive people to either embrace something radically different or rebel against it. With his companion book, Boxers, Yang considers both sides of the conflict, where even the royal family was divided as to whether to follow the old ways in China, the side embraced by the dowager Empress, or allow foreigners to convert the people to a new religion and open China up to outside influence.

Saints by Gene Luen Yang is a graphic novel that examines life in China during the late 1800s in the context of the Boxer Rebellion. Four-Girl begins to have visions of Joan of Arc, and she believes that like Joan, she is called to do great things.īut when the Society of the Harmonious Fist surrounds the area she lives and threatens to kill all the Christians inside, Four-Girl must decide if she will stand with the Christians who have taken her in or against her countrymen. When life becomes too difficult in her home, she flees to a Christian orphanage for help. Her encounters with an acupuncturist in another village expose her to a foreign priest and other Chinese people who have converted to Christianity. No matter how she tries, her efforts go to waste. Four-Girl would like to win the approval of her grandfather, who as head of her clan has deemed her so unlucky that she is named only by her birth order.

Saints by gene luen yang