The Edge of Anything is a book by Nora Shalaway Carpenter about two high school girls, Len and Sage, who are both in need of mental and emotional help. They meet at school and become friends, despite pressure from Sage's friend group. They help each other through their issues and eventually help each other get help.
- Cool Kid-and-Loser Friendship: Sage is a popular girl and the queen of the volleyball team. Len is the school weirdo. They become friends anyway.
- Dark and Troubled Past: Len has one of these- she thinks she killed Nadia with magical thinking, resulting in her relationship with Fauna being destroyed and her OCD setting in.
- Loner-Turned-Friend: Len had no friends since she stopped being friends with Hazel until she and Sage became friends.
- Nervous Wreck: Len as her OCD gets worse.
- True Companions: Len and Sage are like this- they stuck together throughout the entire book, even when Sage realized that Len was mentally ill.
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Wheelchair Woobie: Sage after she can no longer play volleyball.
