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We Beat the Street

How a Friendship Pact Led to Success

Sampson Davis George Jenkins Rameck Hunt Sharon Draper

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Puffin
20 April 2006
Uplifting and inspiring, this true story about how three friends came together and encouraged one another to achieve great success will speak to young readers everywhere.

""All readers will be riveted by the profoundly inspirational stories and personal, intimate voices that discuss big mistakes and complicated emotions, including 'survivor guilt' for choosing a different path from friends and family."" -Booklist

Growing up on the rough streets of Newark, New Jersey, Rameck, George,and Sampson could easily have followed their childhood friends into drug dealing, gangs, and prison. But when a presentation at their school made the three boys aware of the opportunities available to them in the medical and dental professions, they made a pact among themselves that they would become doctors.

It took a lot of determination-and a lot of support from one another-but despite all the hardships along the way, the three succeeded. Retold with the help of an award-winning author, this younger adaptation of the adult hit novel The Pact is a hard-hitting, powerful, and inspirational book that will speak to young readers everywhere.
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Imprint:   Puffin
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 210mm,  Width: 140mm,  Spine: 15mm
Weight:   224g
ISBN:   9780142406274
ISBN 10:   0142406279
Pages:   208
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 10 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  English as a second language
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

George Jenkins, Sampson Davis, and Rameck Hunt grew up together in Newark and graduated from Seton Hall University. Davis and Hunt received their medical degrees from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and Jenkins received his dentistry degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry. The three doctors are the recipients of the Essence Lifetime Achievement Award. All three continue to live in Newark.

Reviews for We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Pact Led to Success

“All readers will be riveted by the profoundly inspirational stories and personal, intimate voices that discuss big mistakes and complicated emotions, including ‘survivor guilt’ for choosing a different path from friends and family.” —Booklist “Readers searching for role models should find much to cheer and emulate here.” —Publishers Weekly “The writing here, whether Draper’s or the doctors’, is simple and accessible and there is plenty of action for reluctant readers.” —School Library Journal


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