Saints

In Boxers, Little Bao has two passing encounters with a girl who has become a Christian. If you read Boxers first then you already know how her story ends. This is the story of how she got there.

If Boxers is the story of a patriot, then I think that Saints is the story of a martyr. Her story mirrors that of Little Bao in many ways. Where he started as an idealist and became a monster, she begins wanting to be a better "devil" and ends up adopting a set of ideals so fully that she is willing to die rather than give them up. The contrast between the two is thought provoking.

This book is part two; the first one is [b:Boxers|17210470|Boxers (Boxers & Saints)|Gene Luen Yang|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1359199413s/17210470.jpg|23691809].

A girl is brought up in China during the late 1800s, when religions clash and the very old times meet with what is basically a waft of the industrial revolution sweeping across China.

As such, she lives as an individual and cuts paths that shape her life, the term of which were once decided by the patriarchs but really is in hew own hands.

Not as good as the first book, this one is still illuminating, invigorating, epic and tragic.

This book is part two; the first one is [b:Boxers|17210470|Boxers (Boxers & Saints)|Gene Luen Yang|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1359199413s/17210470.jpg|23691809].

A girl is brought up in China during the late 1800s, when religions clash and the very old times meet with what is basically a waft of the industrial revolution sweeping across China.

As such, she lives as an individual and cuts paths that shape her life, the term of which were once decided by the patriarchs but really is in hew own hands.

Not as good as the first book, this one is still illuminating, invigorating, epic and tragic.

This book is part two; the first one is b:Boxers|17210470|Boxers (Boxers & Saints)|Gene Luen Yang|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1359199413s/17210470.jpg|23691809.

A girl is brought up in China during the late 1800s, when religions clash and the very old times meet with what is basically a waft of the industrial revolution sweeping across China.

As such, she lives as an individual and cuts paths that shape her life, the term of which were once decided by the patriarchs but really is in hew own hands.

Not as good as the first book, this one is still illuminating, invigorating, epic and tragic.