By: Priscilla Cummings

Noah HessFebruary 16,2009Literature 7B

Brady Parks- He is thirteen years old. He has brown hair. He is of average height. Local hero.

Thomas Parks – Dad. He is in his forties. He is a waterman on the Chesapeake Bay.

Dee Parks – Mom. She is in her forties. She lives on the water. She cooks and cleans for her family.

Tilly – Family dog. She is a Golden Retriever. Jeremy Tyler – a.k.a J.T. He is Brady’s friend who

helped drill holes in the kayak.Digger – His real name is Michael Griswald. He is

Brady’s friend. He drilled the holes in the kayak.

One day he discovers a drill with red paint on it. He discovers that his friends, J.T and Digger had drilled holes in the kayak. One day he discovers a drill with red paint on it. He discovers that his friends, J.T and Digger had drilled holes in the kayak. His friends go to court and are charged with second-degree murder. They are sent to a camp for nine months.

Plot Brady is in school

when his father comes

and says that their

neighbors, the

DiAngelos’ kayak had

flipped and they were

in the river. Brady was

to search the creeks

for either the three

year old Ben, or the

mother. They find Mrs.

DiAngelo alive.

PlotBrady finds Ben in bad

condition. Ben has no

pulse and is not

breathing. Brady

performs CPR to save

Ben. He takes him to

the ambulance that is

nearby. As the

ambulance is leaving

they yell that Ben has a

pulse.

PlotBrady is considered a town hero. Until the day after Ben dies due to complications. While grieving over Ben, Brady offers his help to the DiAngelos. Brady does yard work like mowing the lawn and taking care of their garden. One day, while cleaning out their shed, he discovers a secret that will change his life.

PlotOne day he discovers

a drill with red paint

on it. He discovers

that his friends, J.T

and Digger had

drilled holes in the

kayak. Brady is faced

with a decision

whether to snitch on

his friends or keep

quiet.

PlotHis friends go to court

and explain that the

DiAngelos had bought

the property from

Digger’s grandfather, so

they drilled the holes as

a prank that went

horribly wrong. They

are charged with

Second – Degree

Murder. They are sent

to a camp for nine

months.

The theme of this book is that sometimes doing the right thing can hurt the people around you. It can hurt people like family or friends. In this book Brady’s friends are hurt because they are sent to a camp to do time. Brady learns that doing the right thing can be hard. He could either tell the police or protect his friends.

The mood of this book stays around the same. The mood for the beginning is either suspenseful or sad. During the next few chapters the mood is calm because there is not much that happens. The last chapters are sad because J.T and Digger get sent to the camp.

My interpretation of this book is that doing the right thing can be hard. The author tells that you should do the right thing even if it hurts the people around you. If it is major crime you should tell the police. You should do the right thing, instead of protecting your friends. This is my interpretation of the book, Red Kayak.