SOLVED. YA realism about a troubled teen girl named Wren who goes to wilderness camp and becomes a better person via survivalism, read sometime in the mid 2010s. Possible Spoilers. [s]

[Moonlava]

i actually know the name of this book which is also the name of the protag: wren. but there are apparently a lot of other books named wren and i don't remember the name of the author, so a goodreads search yielded nothing.

luckily i still remember alot about the book itself, so here's all i know: it's main cover has a white, maybe beige backdrop that looks like cracked dirt with a feather and the title in cursive font.

the main inciting incident for why wren gets banished to a wilderness camp is that her mom gives her money and sends her to the mall to buy her a birthday present, but wren uses it to get a belly button piercing instead because she's a little crapper, and she also has a toxic bestie who's a bad influence on her.

after getting shipped off to a wilderness camp i dont remember the name of, she cries alot, suffers from heat stroke, poops in bushes, learns how to do bear grylls stuff, makes better friends, and ultimately leaves the experience as an unproblematic girlboss.

i wanna say it was set in arizona, but i could be wrong.

the main reason i'm interested in finding this again is because i read it before finding out how ethically bankrupt real-world wilderness camps are, and i wanted to see how badly it held up. all i need is the name of the author and i'll be able to find it from there. cheers!

[Jade]

Wild Bird?

[Moonlava]

Jade wrote: "Wild Bird?"

success! cant belive i forgot the title lmao