Little Bao, who struggles enough as a poor boy in China, is infuriated by all foreigners when non-Chinese soldiers begin random attacks on poor Chinese villagers. In Boxers, the protagonist, Little Bao, grows up impoverished and hungry in the Chinese countryside, a boy who has very little other than patriotism and tradition to fall back on. The graphic novels are meant for a young adult audience, ages twelve and up. The fight between Christians and anti-Christians in China, as told by these two young people caught up in their own struggles and tragedies, highlights the nuances in the Rebellion, as well as offering a lesson on Chinese history for readers who may not be familiar with the period. Saints is told from the perspective of a nameless Chinese orphan girl, who is finally adopted and given the name Vibiana by a Christian community. Boxers follows Little Bao, a Chinese peasant boy, as he becomes part of the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists.
Both works, about the Boxer Rebellion in China, take place at the end of the 19th century. Boxers and Saints, a graphic novel set by Gene Luen Yang, includes two graphic novels that can be read together or as standalone works.
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