Boxers & Saints (3 books in series)
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English
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review 1: I didn't have much exposure to the Boxer Rebellion whilst going through school, so this was a very interesting read. I really liked how the main character called upon these beautifully-drawn incarnations of Chinese mythology to lead his rebels. It lent a surreal metaphorical im...
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English
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review 1: An epic companion to Boxers and it tells the story of the Boxers Rebellion in Ancient China from a new and unique perspective, a perspective from a Chinese girl called Vibina who adopts Christianity as her main religion. Unlike the Boxer Story with Little Bao, the story mainly fo...
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English
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review 1: Saints is one of a two part series by Gene Yang about the Boxer Rebellion and the rise of Christianity in China. This remarkable story is about a young Chinese woman who is rejected by her family and becomes a Christian to find acceptance. At first she is bored by Christian ser...