While there are no directly related titles or adaptations of The Arizona Kid, Koertge's other young adult novels are cast from a similar mold. All deal with an adolescent boy falling in love for the first time and having to take stock of a new situation in his life. In Where the Kissing Never Stops, it is the death of a father combined with a mother's new career as an exotic dancer; The Boy in the Moon looks at the complexities of boy-girl friendships; Mariposa Blues sees a young man standing up to his father about ideas for training horses; and The Harmony Arms shows what Los Angeles and a hand-puppet-toting father look like to a boy from small-town Missouri. While these books do not form a series, they are connected by Koertge's delightful sense of humor and knowledge of adolescent concerns.