One day, a red kayak sinks in a river. People think that it was just an accident, or was it? I rate the realistic fiction book Red Kayak by Priscilla Cummings five stars. I couldn't put the book down. This book is about is about a boy named Brady who sees a red kayak on the river on a really windy and rainy day, and later regrets not yelling to tell them to come back, even if they didn't hear him. Then, he gets pulled out of school so he can help his dad look for the boat that had sunk a few hours earlier. They find out soon that there was a lot of damage done. Brady works for the lady that was in the boat during the summer and one day finds a clue that might lead to cause of why the boat had sunk. This story takes place in Maryland during an entire year. Brady and the other main characters really develop during this story. Brady starts to realize really important things in life and how important it is to tell the truth. This book is a really good book because it shows readers how important is is to go with your gut feeling. In the beginning of the book, Brady makes a decision to not follow his gut feeling and it impacts the rest of the book. This book is nothing like anything else I have every read or watched. This book is meant for people of all ages and genders. I enjoy reading many books a month and think about many key points in the book like characters, setting, and plot. Priscilla Cummings had written at least 23 books including The Journey Back, Blindsided, and A Face First. Overall, this book was so good.
Red Kayak
By Priscilla Cummings
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 6 - 8 | Grades 3 - 5 | n/a | 4.9 | 50353 |
Book Reviews (15)
Great review i would really like to read this book
great review i would really like to read this book
The name of my book was Red Kayak by Priscilla Cummings. This book is about a young boy named Brady, who has a pretty normal life so far. His dad is a crabber and he helps his dad with his work sometimes. Then one day his neighbors, the DiAngelos, go out on a river and their kayak that they're on sinks. Mrs. DiAngelo survives, but her son, Ben, dies. Brady is depressed but soon finds out that his friends were involved. He struggles with his decision on wether to tell the police or keep his friends safe. I think this book is a great realistic fiction book and I recommend it to anyone. The book has tons of detail, an interesting plot and always makes you want to read more of it. Also the book can be read by a variety of people. This book is realistic fiction because there are no high tech objects or different societies, it's just regular things that could all happen in real life. I think any audiences out there ten and up should read this book, because first of all, personally I don't read a lot,but this book kept me reading it everyday. Secondly, it doesn't focus on a single topic, there are all sorts of things happening, as opposed to a book all about a kid who play football. The reason it is ten and up is because people under ten probably won't understand the book as well. There are some conflicts in this story. One internal conflict is when Brady is deciding to tell the police about what his friends did or say nothing. That was a man vs. self conflict. One external conflict is when Brady's Dad has to put some crabs back in the water according to the law, and that's making them lose money. This is a man vs. society conflict. As I said before this is a great book and I think you should find some time to read it.
Book looks great. I want to read it sooo bad.
We had to read this for an assignment in reading, but it turned out to be pretty good.
Might scare little kids, cause somebody dies that's really young so they might have bad dreams or something, but is a great book!
This book is amazing. It shows so much feelings and emotion. It is a great book. All of you should read it!! It is kind of boring in the beginning but it gets better as it gets farther in to the story