The main thing I can think of like that in Lackey's work is the situation between Valdemar and Karse - Valdemar has a saying that "the only things that come out of Karse are bad weather and brigands"; and the Karsites believe that the Valdemarans are all witches and demon-worshippers. Both sides get over their enmity in the "Storm" trilogy.
(The "Arrows" trilogy, which I lent you, could plausibly be categorised as YA, but I don't think I've ever seen it anywhere other than the adult shelves.)
David Eddings does it in the Belgariad and the Mallorean, between the countries that worship Torak and those that worship all the other gods - the realising "we're all just people, really" comes in the Mallorean. The Belgariad, at least, is often shelved in YA these days.
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Date: 2008-06-18 06:06 pm (UTC)(The "Arrows" trilogy, which I lent you, could plausibly be categorised as YA, but I don't think I've ever seen it anywhere other than the adult shelves.)
David Eddings does it in the Belgariad and the Mallorean, between the countries that worship Torak and those that worship all the other gods - the realising "we're all just people, really" comes in the Mallorean. The Belgariad, at least, is often shelved in YA these days.
Hm. How about DWJ's "The Magicians of Caprona"?