90 pages • 3 hours read
Priscilla CummingsRed Kayak
Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Essay Topics
Memory and the past are central themes of The Red Kayak. How do they affect the structure of the novel?
Although Brady is narratingThe Red Kayak months after most of the major events, we do not learn the whole truth about what caused the accident until midway through the novel. How does Cummings use foreshadowing to hint at Brady's eventual discovery?
Class tension is at the heart of both Digger's sabotaging of the kayak and the disputes surrounding government regulation of crabbing. What do these parallel storylines allow Cummings to say about social class?
