Arizona Kid

From the moment sixteen-year-old Billy steps off the train in Tucson, he knows this will be a summer unlike any he's seen in small-town Bradleyville, Missouri. For starters, he's staying with his cool gay uncle who has managed to get him a job at the racetrack caring for horses. Still, Billy doesn't expect the horse racing world to be quite as rough and tumble as this--toiling side by side with a macho survivalist and falling hard for the feisty, romance-shy "exercise girl" Cara Mae. With his trademark fast-paced dialogue filled with wit and compassion, Ron Koertge tells the tale of an insecure teen who discovers that gaining stature involves more than Stetsons and boots--and that lessons on love and manhood come from the places you least expect.Koertge, Ronald is the author of 'Arizona Kid', published 2005 under ISBN 9780606334389 and ISBN 0606334386.