Water Words: Red Kayak

Water Words:  “Red Kayak”

By Priscilla Cummings

Penguin Group, 2006

208 pages

Report by J.J. Payano

“Red Kayak” is a fictional book.

Characters:

  • Brady likes oyster fishing and crabbing with his friends J.T. and Digger.
  • J.T. likes Green Tea with ginseng and honey and is friends with Digger and Brady.
  • Digger is an OK person that is friends with J.T. and Brady even though he once picked a fight over J.T.’s Green Tea.

Settings:

The main settings are the Chesapeake Bay and Brady’s neighborhood.

Plot:

The DiAngelos are a new family in the neighborhood that Brady befriends. When the DiAngelos kayak overturns in the bay, Brady wonders if what happened was an accident. When Brady discovers what really happened, he wonders if he should share the life-changing secret, or not.

Summary:

The book is pretty good. I like books that make me wonder “what will happen next?” I recommend this book to people who like action and cliffhangers.

J.J. Payano is 9 years old and a fourth grader at Carolina Charter Academy