Lucia's home for girls raised by wolves. The story is about a group of girls raised by a family of wolves. They have lived in caves all their lives and don't know how to behave and interact like humans. They had no authority in the cave and were treated like a pack. There was no compromise or respect because everyone was treated equally. With that said they are sent to the church of Santa Lucia and the girls are taught how to adapt to a new environment. The girls are unsure how to behave in the new environment: “It was impossible to make the cold, empty bedroom feel like home. At first we drank gallons of dirty water as part of a collaborative effort to mark our territory… we couldn't mark our scent here it made us feel invisible” (Russell 270). Transformation is hard as they learn to become more “civilized” in society and abandon their old habits and family values. The setting helps show how different the girls acted before they were transferred to the church. The cave was their home and that was all they knew. They were unaware of the outside world and who they really were