{"product_id":"the-pact-isbn-9781573229890","title":"The Pact","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA remarkable story about the power of friendship.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChosen by \u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Dreaming Big\u003cbr\u003e2. Home\u003cbr\u003e3. Ma\u003cbr\u003e4. Common Ground\u003cbr\u003e5. Caged\u003cbr\u003e6. A Big Break\u003cbr\u003e7. Hope\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge on Peer Pressure\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Summer Odyssey\u003cbr\u003e9. Earth Angel\u003cbr\u003e10. A Different World\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRameck on Giving Back\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. Rap\u003cbr\u003e12. Lovesick\u003cbr\u003e13. Access Med\u003cbr\u003e14. Old Ties\u003cbr\u003e15. D.W.B.\u003cbr\u003e16. Becoming Doctors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSam on Perseverance\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17. Graduation\u003cbr\u003e18. Goodbye\u003cbr\u003e19. Home Again\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpilogue\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"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.\" --\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] prescription for success.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Enquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Eye-opening and moving... \u003ci\u003eThe Pact\u003c\/i\u003e is a lesson in the power of peers.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A powerful message of hope to inner-city youngsters.\" -\u003ci\u003e-The Dallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"While their story is sometimes tragic, sometimes funny and sometimes remarkable, it is always inspirational.\" --\u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Will inspire and entertain... The Pact is the impressive true story of three teenag boys from Newark, New Jersey, who became outstanding men.\" -\u003ci\u003e-Essence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Newark Star-Ledger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\" --\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003eGeorge 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lisa Frazier Page is a national award-winning writer for\u003ci\u003e The Washington Post.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300025487589,"sku":"NP9781573229890","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781573229890.jpg?v=1767740853","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-pact-isbn-9781573229890","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}