![]() ![]() DiAngelo however don't come back together again. Life goes on for Brady and his used-to-be friends. The DiAngelo's reconcile and sell their property to start anew elsewhere as they prepare for the birth of a daughter. In the end, JT and Digger are convicted of second degree murder, but Brady is relieved that they are only sentenced to nine months of forest restoration in a juvenile work camp. Brady testifies to the authorities who agree to grant him immunity in exchange for his testimony. They recover the kayak which was still sunken in the water, and which clearly shows the holes drilled in the hull. In the final section of the book, Brady does what he believes is the right thing, and tells his father everything. The situation prompts Brady to reflect on the death of his younger sister, who died suddenly at four months old seven years earlier. The central section of the book then consists of Brady confronting his friends, feeling partly responsible, hiding the evidence, deliberating over the correct course of action, and generally suffering debilitating, internal, moral conflict. The sabotage involved a method that Brady thought up himself, though never intended to carry out: drilling holes in the kayak's bottom and plugging them with water-soluble filler. ![]() Brady soon discovers evidence that the kayak had been sabotaged by his two friends, JT and Digger. DiAngelo reveals to Brady that she is pregnant. ![]() DiAngelo blames his wife for their son's death and they separate Mrs. DiAngelo and her three-year-old son, who Brady previously babysat for, that were going out on the kayak, which overturns and leads to the death of the boy.īrady assuages his grief by working for the mourning DiAngelo family on their property. Brady and his friends decide not to warn the people in the kayak, thinking it's Mr. One day, Brady sees a red kayak owned by the DiAngelo's heading into the river in dangerous weather. A wealthy family called the DiAngelos buys the property Brady and his friends are used to enjoying near the water. ![]() Red Kayak is written from the point of view of a thirteen-year-old boy named Brady Parks who is part of a poor crab-fishing family on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. Red Kayak is the first in a series of three books, the sequel being The Journey Back. It was first published in 2004 and tells the story of a teenager who feels partially responsible for the death of a three-year-old, and the moral dilemma of whether to tell others about the truth he uncovers about the baby's death. New friends, a job caring for rescued horses, and risking his life to save another make Digger realize that the journey back is not just about getting home.Red Kayak is a young adult novel by American author Priscilla Cummings. When injuries stop him, Digger hides at a riverside campground, where he befriends a young boy and a girl his own age. After just a month he makes a bold escape that nearly kills him and soon an angry fourteen-year-old Digger is on the run. Nine months in a juvenile detention facility was the punishment for his crime. A teenage boy faces his past and seeks redemption in the gripping companion book to Red Kayak ![]()
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