We beat the street
how a friendship pact led to success
Book - 2006
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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Puffin Books,
2006.
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a We beat the street : |b how a friendship pact led to success / |c Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt ; with Sharon M. Draper. |
| 260 | |a New York : |b Puffin Books, |c 2006. | ||
| 300 | |a 194 pages, [16] pages of plates : |b illustrations ; |c 21 cm | ||
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| 500 | |a Originally published in USA by Dutton Children's Books, 2005. | ||
| 500 | |a "By the three doctors" -- Cover. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a You don't have to cut my foot off, do you? -- Oh, man, you're in trouble again! -- Isn't that school in the ghetto? -- We're gonna jack us some icees from Jack's! -- How much do you need? -- Are you godzilla or king kong? -- Yeah, man. They say the driver's dead -- I don't even know anybody who went to college -- You kids are gonna get yourself killed --- What's up with that? You think you better than us? -- Sticky web of bright pink silly string across the astonished teacher's face -- I think we could all do this-three of us-together! -- If he dies, you get charged with attempted murder -- How do you plead? judge asked. guilty, your honor -- Not only had their sons survived, but they were heading to college -- It feels good, man. It's like doing push-ups with my brain! -- Boy's neck bent in an odd way, and his body fell limp -- Yo, yo, yo! check it out! check it out! -- For the first time since high school, the three of us won't be together -- Driving while black -- Sometimes you gotta fail in order to succeed -- To friends -- Shout-outs! | |
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 586 | |a Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2006 | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Davis, Sampson. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Jenkins, George, |d 1973- |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Hunt, Rameck. |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Youth with social disabilities |z New Jersey |z Newark |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a African American youth |z New Jersey |z Newark |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Friendship. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Success. | |
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