101 Jewish Stories for Teens Vol. II: Moses, the Exodus, and the Wilderness — How the Greatest Liberation Story Ever Told Is Also the Story of YOUR Life Right Now

The Greatest Escape Story Ever Told Just Happened to YouYou know the feeling. Trapped. Stuck. Like no matter what you do, the walls are closing in and the person in charge couldn’t care less.That was Egypt. That was Pharaoh. That was 400 years of slavery — with no way out.And then a baby was put in a basket and pushed into a river.101 Jewish Stories for Teens: Volume II picks up where Genesis left offJoseph is dead. A new Pharaoh has forgotten everything. The Israelites are building pyramids under the whip. Into this nightmare, a mother hides her infant son among the reeds. A princess finds him. A sister watches from the shadows. And the boy who will change everything starts his journey.This is the Moses story. But it is also YOUR story.Here Is What Happens When You Open This Book:You will watch the Nile turn to blood.You will sit through a darkness so thick it can be felt.You will hear the scream that went up across Egypt the night the firstborn died.You will stand at the edge of the Red Sea, walls of water on either side, Egyptian chariots closing in.You will stand at the foot of a mountain trembling with thunder and lightning and the sound of a shofar that doesn’t stop.You will receive the Ten Commandments.And forty days later, you will watch the same people who heard God’s voice dancing around a golden calf.You will wander. For forty years. You will complain about the food. You will beg to go back to Egypt. You will watch the earth open and swallow rebels alive. You will follow a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. You will build a tent where God’s presence lives.And at the very end, you will climb a mountain with an old man who has led you through all of it — and you will watch him die, looking at a land he will never enter.But That’s Only Half of What’s in HereWoven into every ancient story is a modern teen living the same thing right now.Jasper Kim — invisible in AP Chemistry, overlooked for years — who gets his moment and rises.Kids at West Valley High who know what it feels like to be trapped by circumstances they didn’t choose.To stand at the edge of something terrifying and have to decide: do I go forward, or do I go back?The Exodus is not ancient history. It is a map.A map of how you get from where you are to where you’re supposed to be — through the fear, through the desert, through the moments you want to quit and go back to what was familiar even though it was killing you.This book walks you through every step of that map.101 stories. Ten plagues. Ten commandments. One Red Sea. One mountain. One old man who talked to God face to face. HERE IS WHAT TO DO:If you’re a teenager who’s ever felt stuck — click buy.If you’re a parent looking for the Passover gift that won’t get shelved and forgotten — this is it.If you read Volume I and you need to know what happens next — the journey continues right here.Volume II: Shemot. Moses. The Exodus. The Wilderness. Your story, told 3,000 years ago.*P.S. The story doesn’t end at Mount Nebo. Volume III picks up with Joshua crossing the Jordan. The promised land is coming. But first — the wilderness. First — the walk. That’s what this book is about. The walk. * Read more