The truck in front slowed as it passed a speed limit 35 sign, its brake lights staining the road red ahead of them. The color that followed her wherever she went, and it never meant anything good.
-- Narrator (Chapter 1)

Importance: Red shares her sense that she is responsible for everything bad that happens when she says that the color red, representing danger and anger, follows her wherever she goes. Red’s guilt comes from her belief that she is responsible for the murder of her mother, a murder that took place five years earlier.

The RV grated against the road, screeching as it rolled to a stop. All four tires. Gone.
-- Narrator (Chapter 7)

Importance: The teens have become lost because the GPS went out on their phones. They believed they punctured a tire on a narrow road and were enthusiastic when changed the tire and were back on their way. As they began to move, however, all...