cover image The Arizona Kid

The Arizona Kid

Ron Koertge. Avon Books, $3.99 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-380-70776-8

After spending the summer in the land of cowboys with his gay Uncle Wes, Billy, 16-year-old shrimp and virgin, finds he's not only done a lot of growing up, but he's got Cora Mae, the girl of his dreams, to leave behind when he goes home to Missouri. Ages 12-up. (Sept.)