Take It from the Top Audiobook By Claire Swinarski cover art

Take It from the Top

 Preview
Get this deal Try for $0.00
Offer ends January 21, 2026 11:59pm PT
Prime logo Prime members: New to Audible? Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Just $0.99/mo for your first 3 months of Audible Premium Plus.
1 audiobook per month of your choice from our unparalleled catalog.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, podcasts, and Originals.
Auto-renews at $14.95/mo after 3 months. Cancel anytime.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Take It from the Top

By: Claire Swinarski
Narrated by: Emily Lawrence, Hope Newhouse
Get this deal Try for $0.00

$14.95/mo after 3 months. Cancel anytime. Offer ends January 21, 2026 11:59pm PT.

$14.95/month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $18.89

Buy for $18.89

LIMITED TIME OFFER | Get 3 months for $0.99 a month

$14.95/mo thereafter-terms apply.

Set at a camp over the course of six summers, this novel dives into the falling-out of two girls from different backgrounds who thought they'd be friends forever...until a production of Wicked brings all their buried issues to the surface. Claire Swinarski, Edgar Award nominee of the ALA Notable What Happened to Rachel Riley?, tackles privilege, perspective, and the power of friendship in this page-turning puzzle that readers will devour.

Eowyn Becker has waited all year to attend her sixth summer at Lamplighter Lake Summer Camp. Here, the pain of her mom’s death can’t reach her, and she gets to reunite with her best friend, Jules Marrigan—the only person in the world who understands her. To top it off, Wicked—the girls' favorite musical—has been chosen for the camp's end-of-year production. If anyone can be Glinda to Eowyn's Elphaba, it's Jules!

But when Eowyn arrives at camp, everything seems wrong. The best-friend reunion Eowyn had been dreaming of doesn’t go as planned. Jules will barely even look at Eowyn, let alone talk to her, and Eowyn has no idea why.

Well, maybe she does…

There are two sides to every story, and if you want to understand this one, you’ll need to hear both. Told in a series of alternating chapters that dip back to past summers, the girls’ story will soon reveal how Eowyn and Jules went from being best friends to fierce foils. Can they mend ways before the curtains close on what was supposed to be the best summer of their lives?

 Family Life Growing Up & Facts of Life Literature & Fiction Music & Performing Arts Performing Arts Social & Life Skills Sports Fiction Theater
All stars
Most relevant
Just read its it’s incredible it’s amazing it’s great it’s good it’s great oh man it was amazing

AMAZING

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Good camp book for people going to camp . I am about to go to camp and this was helpful

Good

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Theater camp best are on the outs after 6 years of best friendship. For years they dreamed about costarring in Wicked and now that it’s happening, they’re barely speaking.

TAKE IT FROM THE TOP covers difficult topics like grief, economic disparity, sibling rivalry and communication in this delightful middle grade novel.

Friends

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.