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Escape From Egypt by Sonia Levitin July 12, 1240 B.C

In the historical fiction book Jennat is one of the main


Escape From Egypt by Sonia characters in the book
Levitin, a young man named Escape From Egypt. Jennat
Jesse, a group of slaves, and is a slim, lithe, half Egyptian
his love, Jennat escaped from and half Syrian teenage girl.
Egypt. They followed Moses She has long, graceful legs
and trusted him to guide them and beautiful, large, almond-
to the “Promised Land” away shaped eyes that were
from the cruelty of Egypt. accentuated with deep blue
Throughout this journey, khol. She has a great
Jesse’s love for Jennat grew personality. Since the
tremendously. Jennat was a moment she met Jesse, she
half Egyptian and half Syrian instantly fell in love. She
girl. Nothing held them apart cared for him so much that
except for their difference in she sacrificed her wooden
religion and two completely goddess to make him happy.
different cultures. At the end, Also, the only reason she
all of the Hebrew slaves were wanted to work with the
freed and Jesse and Jennat Israelites was so she could
were married and spent the be with Jesse. As a result,
rest of their lives together. Jesse and Jennat ended up
getting married.

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Location/Place: 6:00 AM in the “Promised Land” Israel.


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A group of Hebrew slaves just


arrived in Israel at approximately 6:00 Every night I told my son one day
AM in the morning. They have spent a we will be free like everyone else
week traveling east coming from the and today was the day it came
cruel lands of Egypt. They came to true.”
Israel through this long journey in the All of the Hebrew slaves
search of freedom. They followed are now free and will start all over
Moses out of Egypt. They all put their with their new lives. They will no
trust in him. longer have to put up with the
They started out in Egypt and cruelty of the pharaoh, the
traveled through the darkness of the Egyptian king along with all the
wilderness. After a long time of their other cruel slave owners who take
journey, they finally got where they advantage of them. They did the
wanted to be, Israel. The slaves were right thing coming to Israel.
excited by the idea of freedom even
though they had a harm time getting
there. Jennat, an Egyptian and Syrian
young woman said softly, ”I am glad I
joined Jesse, my husband on this great
journey.”
The reasons they escaped from
Egypt were because of all the cruelty.
As one of the slaves stated, “We were
tired of being slaves and being treated
like a bunch of dogs. It just wasn’t fair.

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