7.2 /10 1 Votes
Language English Media type Print Originally published 1988 Genre Young adult fiction Country United States of America | 3.6/5 Goodreads Publication date 1988 Pages 228 pages ISBN 9780316501019 OCLC 17327918 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Publisher Joy Street Books,
Little, Brown & Co. Similar Works by Ronald Koertge, Other books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona Kid is a 1988 novel by Ron Koertge about a summer 16-year-old Billy spends living with his gay uncle and working with race horses.
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Praise
The American Library Association designated the book a "Best of the Best Books for Young Adults" in 1988. The School Library Journal praised it, saying "Koertge's marvelous wit (also evident in Where the Kissing Never Stops Little, 1987 ) out of the mouth of his young hero is a delight, and his compassion for and understanding of Wes and Billy and his summer friends shapes a funny but affecting novel." The book also received positive reviews from Publishers Weekly and the Emergency Librarian.
Criticism
The book is number seventy-five on the American Library Association's list of the top 100 most frequently challenged books from 1990 to 1999.