"Red Kayak", a short text extracted from a longer novel of the same name, is about a boy named Brady who searches for a missing three-year-old on the Corsica River. "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings features an exciting plot, rich vocabulary, and various figurative language elements.
“If that red kayak was out there, I wanted to be the one to find it.”
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Brady is freezing, but tells his mother, 'I need to keep looking'!”
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Come on, Ben! Breathe!
“I ignored the rain, the cold - everything - and just continued. Five compressions, another breath, a quick check to make sure the boat was headed in the right direction.”