My new manuscript has multi-POV and some of those characters are adults. Not all, though. The teenagers are the majority POV. That is still young adult, right? I believe it is. All roads lead to the MC who is 16, in high school, and remains a teenager through the whole book. I'm secure in calling this YA, but thought I'd throw it out there for discussion.

Adult characters in YA stories
#1
Posted 19 August 2015 - 06:49 PM
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#2
Posted 19 August 2015 - 11:53 PM
My new manuscript has multi-POV and some of those characters are adults. Not all, though. The teenagers are the majority POV. That is still young adult, right? I believe it is. All roads lead to the MC who is 16, in high school, and remains a teenager through the whole book. I'm secure in calling this YA, but thought I'd throw it out there for discussion.
I don't think that's a problem. My novel WINTER'S QUEEN has two POVs, one from the sixteen-year-old MC and one from her father, who is also a major character. Nobody's objected to it yet.
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#3
Posted 20 August 2015 - 08:54 AM
I've read several YA book in the past month or so, and I think that having a chapter from the POV of an adult would give some extra insight into the story. Especially since the majority of the audience would be younger, it might give them some neat insight into how adults think. I don't see it as a problem at all.
#4
Posted 27 August 2015 - 10:29 AM
#5
Posted 31 August 2015 - 08:06 PM
Thanks everyone! I'm done with the rough draft. It might be more 50/50 between the adults and the teenagers but I don't think that's unacceptable.
"Ask yourself if what you're doing today is getting you closer to where you want to be tomorrow."
"All stories are about wolves. All worth repeating, that is. Anything else is sentimental drivel. …Think about it. There's escaping from the wolves, fighting the wolves, capturing the wolves, taming the wolves. Being thrown to the wolves, or throwing others to the wolves so the wolves will eat them instead of you. Running with the wolf pack. Turning into a wolf. Best of all, turning into the head wolf. No other decent stories exist." -- Margaret Atwood
#6
Posted 14 October 2015 - 01:01 PM
I agree with the consensus. Though it may fall under the New Adult genre depending, sometimes it's hard to differentiate YA protagonists are generally 12-18 New Adult protagonists are 18-30. So while your story might be told from different points of view the important question would just revolve around who is/are your main protagonist(s)? Who is the one solving the conflict?
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