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Okay, so what if my protagonist is 18, lives alone in a trailer park, meets a stranger who (sort of) kidnaps her (politely) and introduces her to life in space, takes part in a race across the universe and helps save a planet from chaos.
YA or NA?
Edit: NA should bring up voting, as well, since most NA characters will be legal adults and therefore able to vote.
That would depend on voice, but it sounds YA to me.
And really interesting!
Also, a few of things:
there isn't much NA outside of contemporary right now, so you may end up niche if you aim for that
assuming you're going to query it, NA isn't wide enough that you can query "NA agents." You'll probably end up searching adult and YA agents who also take NA. I'm thinking the latter would probably be more willing.
NA is also new enough that there aren't many "genre" (I know, it's not a genre) conventions or hard rules. I've seen a ton of different definitions of it ranging from "YA erotica" to "college students" to "young people with adult issues"
The good thing is that because of NA growing into a "thing" you can write the story the way you want and then it will fall into one or the other.
Just some thoughts.
Who would want to read a book about voting? You stand in line, click a few buttons on a screen, and then go home and hope that the Electoral College didn't get in the way of your vote actually counting. (And that the machine wasn't rigged--which is why I always opt to vote on paper.)
Political campaigning might be a little bit more interesting to write about, though. (For people who aren't me, that is.)
I would disagree. The fact that she's living alone makes it skew for NA, in my opinion. And I don't think the "NA" voice is that different from the "YA" voice.
She's living alone because she moved out and got a job.
She graduated. That's why I was wondering if I should say New Adult. Except her lifestyle rapidly changes right at the start (when she goes into space.)
What if I leave of NA or YA all together and just query it as Science Fiction? Not sure if that would be a preferable option.