1. Davey narrates the story as if he is looking back on events long in his past.
How does that affect your view of the novel's events? What would a grownup Davey find important in the short period of his life covered in Geronimo's Ponies?
2. What do you think happens to Davey after the end of Geronimo's Ponies? Does he become even more like Uncle Eph? Does he become a better man than Uncle Eph? Does he become more like his father, a caring man who sometimes must do unpleasant work?
3. Prostitution is touched on in Geronimo's Ponies, although in a mostly circumspect way. Is it well handled by Meyers? Is it appropriate for a book that young adults read?
4. Just because a book has a young adult protagonist.....
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