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u/SmallFruitbat · 3 pointsr/YAwriters

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson, definitely. It's also about mental illness and eating disorders, but toxic friendship is central.

In a MG vein, Gail Carson Levine's Fairest and Shannon Hale's The Book of a Thousand Days also have a toxic friendship element, though in both cases it's muddied by the power differential between mistress and servant.

u/SlothMold · 1 pointr/suggestmeabook

Gregory Maguire's already been covered, so most of these are middle-grade or YA titles.

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