Escape from Egypt

by Sonia Levitin

Book Overview

When Moses comes to lead the Israelites to the Promised Land, Jesse, a Hebrew slave, finds his life changed by his growing faith in God and his attraction to the half-Egyptian, half-Syrian Jennat.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140375376
• ISBN13: 9780140375374
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.4" x 7.2"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Love and Danger

A Review by NenaThis book takes place when Hebrew's were in slavery. Jesse, a young Hebrew, is in love with an Egyptian girl, named Jennat. He is to be married to his cousin, Talia. He does what he can to see Jennat. Yet Jennat doesn't want to see him. He goes through a lot of danger just to see her. While he tries to see Jennat his is reminded about marring Talia. Wonder what he is going to do?The beginning was confusing because the point of view is changed from Jesse to Jennat. I had to stop and read it a couple times to get who was talking. Besides that, I loved the book. I was hooked after the first chapter. I couldn't put it down. Sonia is a great writer. I saw the word Egypt on the cover and I just had to read it. I am very interested in Egypt. I would love to go there some day: to see the pyramids, the Nile, and the people. I think that would be so much fun. I wonder how Sonia comes up with the story line. It is a great book I highly recommend it to any one interested in romance and Egypt.

A Great Book

I absolutly loved Escape From Egypt. I didn't know much about the Bible, Moses, or the Ten Commandments. This was a great book that dealt with that and a truly wonderful love story. The characters were great and the story was powerful. The ending was a bit abrupt though. I surely recommend this. I wish I could find another book on this subject as good as this one was.

Romance,Bible-Style

Escape from Egypt is a brilliant, enthralling book by Sonia Levetin. Set in Egypt during the Biblical story of the Hebrew's enslavement, Escape from Egypt is the story of a teenage Hebrew slave-boy named Jesse. Jesse has fallen head over heels in love with Jennat, a young Egyptian girl, but is betrothed to his cousin, Talia. Jennat loves Jesse, but she has been promised to an Egyptian noble as a concubine. When the Hebrews flee Egypt, Jesse and Jennat have to find a way to be together. Escape from Egypt's best attributes are its pace and the amount of detail. The book moves at a good pace: it does not go so slowly that the reader becomes bored, yet it does not move so quickly that the reader becomes confused. It also gives a nice amount of detail, so the events are easy to follow without being vague. Though I truly enjoyed reading this book, it did have one fault that I found stopped it from being the ideal novel. The plot was somewhat unoriginal. The setting and characters were entertaining, but the "Romeo and Juliet" story of two people who fall in love and can not get married because of race, blood, or station in life has been used too many times to still be considered original. Nonetheless, the setting and characters were outstanding, making the book captivating. In total, Escape from Egypt was a first-rate novel for teens.

FUN TO READ!

I had such a great time reading this book. It's one of the first books in years that I enjoyed reading just for the fun of it. I didn't want it to end, and went to look for more of Sonia Levitin's books. I might have changed the ending if I could've, however.

An Isrealite boy leaves Egypt in guidance of Moses & God.

An Isrealite child grows up learning that God is in control and that someday they will walk out of Egypt and go to the Promised Land(Cannan). The adults are losing hope when Moses comes the plauges are sent and one Israelite boy stuggles with whether to leave Egypt with everyone else, or to stay with the love of his live. He goes into the desert and lives to reach the land he's always wanted to reach.