The Theme or message

The theme or the message of the novel Whirligig is that even if u get really embarrassed or enraged or even illegally drinking u should not go off and drive while u are not thinking and are frustrated and angry because something bad will happen just like it did in the book to Brent. Lea Zamora died because of Brent because of his rage of being embarrassed and made fun of by his other peers. Since he was not clearly thinking at that time brent had to face the consequences.

In the end he was a changed person that now enjoyed traveling and making whirligigs but he will always have the weight of killing and innocent person and thats the message the author is trying to send out think before you act.