Take It from the Top

By Claire Swinarski

Two friends' bond unravels at summer camp, revealing hidden truths and past secrets.

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256 pages

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Eowyn eagerly returns to Lamplighter Lake Camp, hoping to reconnect with her best friend, Jules. But this summer, Jules is distant, and Eowyn is left questioning their friendship. As the camp's production of Wicked approaches, tensions rise, and past summers' secrets surface. Can Eowyn and Jules mend their fractured bond before the final curtain call? Discover the untold stories and unravel the mystery of their friendship in this captivating tale of privilege, perspective, and the power of understanding.

From the publisher

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. 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, she’s not in the shadow of her Broadway-star older brother; she’s a stellar performer in her own right. 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.But when she gets to 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?

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