Storybooks · Grades 6 to 8
Let My People Go
Long ago, the people of Israel lived in Egypt, in the land of Goshen.
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- For Grades 6 to 8
- 3 endings
Ways to do it
- On their own, with their Pet
- With a grown-up beside them
- With someone far away, on a call
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For grown-ups
Your child walks out of Egypt with Moses, from the brick-yards to Mount Sinai, as the Bible's book of Exodus tells it.
What your child practises
- Hearing a Bible story whole, in the order Exodus tells it
- Choosing kindness when it costs something
- Trusting God one day at a time, as the people did with the manna
Listen for
Your child saying why the people were afraid, and what God gave them each time.
Your part
- Written for ages 10 to 14; the hard parts are told plainly and briefly, so stop and talk when your child needs to
- The hero, Asher and Nefer are made up; every event is the Bible's, and no choice changes one
- The last page links the story to Jesus, as Christians read it
Take it off the screen
Read Exodus 14 together from your own Bible, and talk about what the book left out.
Where the facts come from
After the book
How it begins
Long ago, the people of Israel lived in Egypt, in the land of Goshen. They had once been guests. Now they were slaves. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, made them build his store cities, Pithom and Raamses. Every day they dug mud, mixed it with straw, and pressed it into bricks. Thousands of bricks. Your child's name carries the straw. Up and down the rows, all day, in the heat. The taskmasters count every brick. A family that falls short of its count is punished. But the people of Israel had not been forgotten. God had made a promise to their fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, long before.
Asher is the oldest brickmaker in the yard. His hands shake now. "I'm short," he whispers. "Ten bricks short, and the sun is going down." The taskmaster is walking down the row, counting. Your child's name has a pile of bricks too, nearly finished. If your child's name helps Asher, your child's name's own pile may come up short.
Your child chooses what happens next
Help Asher
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