| 词条 | The Arizona Kid (novel) |
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| name = The Arizona Kid | image = The Arizona Kid (novel).jpg | caption = | author = Ron Koertge | country = United States | language = English | cover_artist = | genre = Young adult | publisher = Joy Street Books, Little, Brown & Co. | release_date = 1988 | media_type = Print | pages = 228 pages | isbn = 9780316501019 | isbn_note = (first edition) | congress = | oclc = 17327918 | preceded_by = | followed_by = }} The 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. Characters
ReceptionReviewsThe American Library Association designated the book a "Best of the Best Books for Young Adults" in 1988.[1] 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."[2] The book also received positive reviews from Publishers Weekly[3] and the Emergency Librarian.[4] CriticismThe book is number seventy-five on the American Library Association's list of the top 100 most frequently challenged books from 1990 to 1999.[5] See also
References1. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.librarything.com/bookaward/ALA+Best+Books+for+Young+Adults | title = ALA Best Books for Young Adults | publisher = LibraryThing}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Arizona Kid}}{{1980s-LGBT-novel-stub}}{{1980s-bildungsroman-stub}}2. ^{{citation | author=Lewis, M. | year = 1988 |title = The Arizona Kid (Book Review)| publisher = School Library Journal | volume = 34 |issue = 10 | page = 118}} 3. ^{{citation |author1=Fakih, Kimberly Olson |author2=Diane Roback |lastauthoramp=yes |title= The Arizona Kid [Review]| publisher = Publishers Weekly |date=13 May 1988 |page = 278}} 4. ^{{citation | author = Tait, S. |author2=Tyson, C. |last-author-amp=yes |year = 1990 | title = Paperbacks for young adults | publisher = Emergency Librarian | volume = 17 |issue = 4 |page = 61}} 5. ^{{cite web | title =The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990–1999 | work = | publisher =American Library Association | url =http://www.ala.org/bbooks/100-most-frequently-challenged-books-1990%E2%80%931999 | doi = | accessdate = 2014-06-14 }} 9 : 1988 American novels|American LGBT novels|American young adult novels|American bildungsromans|Gay male teen fiction|1980s LGBT novels|Horse racing novels|Novels set in Tucson, Arizona|LGBT-related young adult novels |
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