Legend of the White Snake Square Foot Gardening Foundation 04: Wire Cutters

04: Wire Cutters

In Ben Shattuck's ingenious collection

and monumental as the terrain it captures

a girl whose imagination is as soaring as the skyscrapers near her Brooklyn shelter

Legend of the White Snake Square Foot Gardening Foundation 04: Wire CuttersA snake spirit transforms into a boy and must hide his true identity after falling for a headstrong prince in this lush, romantic retelling of the traditional Chinese folktale. When Prince Xian was a boy, a white snake bit his mother and condemned her to a slow, painful death. The only known cure is an elusive spirit pearl or an antidote created from the rare white snake itself. Desperate and determined, Xian travels to the city of Changle, where an