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The Arizona Kid Study Guide

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by Ron Koertge
About 13 pages (3,844 words)

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Setting

The story takes place in the present in Tucson, Arizona. Billy Kennedy has come from Bradleyville, Missouri to visit his Uncle Wes and work at a horse training facility for the summer.

Wes is gay, and, while Billy at first feels uncomfortable with this, he respects and loves his uncle, moving from feeling embarrassed about being self-conscious about Wes's sexual orientation to understanding and accepting it. Wes's extremely clean and tasteful apartment contrasts sharply.....

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The Arizona Kid from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.

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