The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream by Davis, Sampson

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.

Author: Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Published: 05/06/2003
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781573229890
Age Range: 18-UP

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.8
Point Value: 11
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 69638 / Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream

Award: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Ebony 06/01/2013 pg. 131

About the Author
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.

Lisa Frazier Page is a national award-winning writer for The Washington Post.