![]() ![]() This innovative format presents two parallel tales about young people caught up on opposite sides of a violent rift. Boxers & Saints is a groundbreaking graphic novel in two volumes. and whether she is willing to die for her faith. Torn between her nation and her Christian friends, Vibiana will have to decide where her true loyalties lie. The Boxer Rebellion is murdering Westerners and Chinese Christians alike. But China is a dangerous place for Christians. She finds friendship-and a name, Vibiana-in the most unlikely of places: Christianity. An unwanted fourth daughter, Four-Girl isn’t even given a proper name by her family. ![]() In 2016, he was named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow. His other comics works include Secret Coders (with Mike Holmes), The Shadow Hero (with Sonny Liew), as well as Superman Smashes the Klan and the Avatar: The Last Airbender series (both with Gurihiru). ![]() His nonfiction graphic novel Dragon Hoops received an Eisner Award and a Printz honor. His two-volume graphic novel Boxers & Saints won the LA Times Book Prize and was a National Book Award finalist. His graphic novel American Born Chinese, a National Book Award finalist and Printz Award winner, has been adapted into a streaming series on Disney+. ![]() As the Library of Congress’s fifth National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, he advocates for the importance of reading, especially reading diversely. Gene Luen Yang writes, and sometimes draws, comic books and graphic novels. ![]()
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