An unflinching look at female trauma, The Wilderness of Girls focuses on the lives of several teenage girls in upstate New York. Running from her past, Rhi stumbles upon a group of "feral" girls in the woods. They say they are princesses from another world, but is it true? Where did these girls really come from? How did they survive alone in the woods? Who is the strange man they call "Mother" who raised them? What happens when they have to integrate into society? Franklin does not provide tidy answers to these questions. She tells the story from multiple perspectives, with each character given a unique voice and perspective. This book will keep you guessing until the end.