02332cam a2200397 i 4500 330628464 TxAuBib 20171010120000.0 030714s2003||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781573229890 157322989X 9780756990671 075699067X (OCoLC)52606417 TxAuBib rda Davis, Sampson. The pact : three young men make a promise and fulfill a dream / Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt ; with Lisa Frazier Page. 1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed. New York : Riverhead Books, 2003. 263 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Introduction: Dreaming big -- Home -- Ma -- Common ground -- Caged -- A big break -- Hope -- George on peer pressure: Summer odyssey -- Earth angel -- A different world -- Rameck on giving back: Rap -- Lovesick -- Access med -- Old ties -- D.W.B. -- Becoming doctors -- Sam on perseverance: Graduation -- Goodbye -- Home again. A national bestseller by Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt with Lisa Frazier Page, is the true story of how three young men join forces to beat the odds and become doctors. They grew up on 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 attain 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 the power of friendship. Of joining forces and beating the odds. A story about changing your life, and the lives of those you love most-together. 20171010. Davis, Sampson. Jenkins, George, 1973- Hunt, Rameck. African American physicians Biography. Juvenile literature. Jenkins, George H., 1950- Hunt, Rameck. Davis, Sampson., 1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed. TXKYP