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The Pact

Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream

Author Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt, Lisa Frazier Page

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$18.00 US

Penguin Adult HC/TR | Riverhead Books

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On sale May 06, 2003 | 978-1-57322-989-0

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Nonfiction > Biography & Memoir

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A remarkable story about the power of friendship.

Chosen by Essence to be among the forty most influential African Americans, the three doctors grew up in the streets of Newark, facing city life’s temptations, pitfalls, even jail. But one day these three young men made a pact. They promised each other they would all become doctors, and stick it out together through the long, difficult journey to attaining that dream. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt are not only friends to this day—they are all doctors.

This is a story about joining forces and beating the odds. A story about changing your life, and the lives of those you love most... together.

WINNER
Books for a Better Life Book Award

Introduction

1. Dreaming Big
2. Home
3. Ma
4. Common Ground
5. Caged
6. A Big Break
7. Hope

George on Peer Pressure

8. Summer Odyssey
9. Earth Angel
10. A Different World

Rameck on Giving Back

11. Rap
12. Lovesick
13. Access Med
14. Old Ties
15. D.W.B.
16. Becoming Doctors

Sam on Perseverance

17. Graduation
18. Goodbye
19. Home Again

Epilogue
Acknowledgments

"Sampson Davis, Rameck Hunt, and George Jenkins-- M.D., M.D., and D.M.D., respectively-- are something more than the sum of their degrees." --Newsday

"[A] prescription for success." --The Philadelphia Enquirer

"Eye-opening and moving... The Pact is a lesson in the power of peers." --The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"A powerful message of hope to inner-city youngsters." --The Dallas Morning News

"While their story is sometimes tragic, sometimes funny and sometimes remarkable, it is always inspirational." --St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"Will inspire and entertain... The Pact is the impressive true story of three teenag boys from Newark, New Jersey, who became outstanding men." --Essence

"Starkly honest... a dramatic firsthand narrative detailing how each doctor managed to rise above the ills of city life-- violence, drugs and poverty-- to achieve what once seemed like a far-fetched dream." --The Newark Star-Ledger

"It is probably the most important book for African-American families that has been written since the protest era... Get The Pact. It just may change a teen's future." --Chicago Sun-Times

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