Sampson Davis

We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Pact Led to Success (Turtleback School & Library) Sampson Davis

Brief Description: For use in schools and libraries only. Three boys, who made a pact to stick together through the rough times in their impoverished Newark neighborhood, found the strength to work through their difficulties and complete high school, college, and medical school together. Publisher Marketing: This New York Times bestseller is the dramatic, inspiring story of three inner-city youths--Samson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt--whose strong friendship gave them the strength to continue their education and become doctors. Photos. Review Citations:

Booklist 04/01/2005 pg. 1352 (EAN 9780525474074, Hardcover)

Ebony 06/01/2005 pg. 30 (EAN 9780525474074, Hardcover)

School Library Journal 05/01/2005 pg. 146 (EAN 9780525474074, Hardcover)

Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2005 pg. 156 (EAN 9780525474074, Hardcover)

Publishers Weekly 04/04/2005 pg. 61 (EAN 9780525474074, Hardcover)

Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2005 pg. 350 (EAN 9780525474074, Hardcover)

Multicultural Review 12/01/2005 pg. 110 (EAN 9780525474074, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Davis, Sampson Sampson Davis is a board-certified emergency medicine physician at St. Michael's Medical Center and assistant medical director of the Emergency Department at Raritan Bay Medical Center. Contributor Bio:  Jenkins, George George Jenkins is an assistant professor of clinical dentistry at Columbia University and coauthor of the "New York Times" bestseller "The Pact". Contributor Bio:  Hunt, Rameck Rameck Hunt is a board-certified internist at University Medical Center at Princeton and an assistant professor of medicine at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Contributor Bio:  Draper, Sharon M Sharon Draper is a two-time Coretta Scott King Award-winning author, most recently for "Copper Sun", and previously for "Forged by Fire". She's also the recipient of the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Author Award for New Talent for "Tears of a Tiger" and the Coretta Scott King Author Honor for "The Battle of Jericho "and "November Blues". Her other books include "Romiette and Julio", "Darkness Before Dawn", and "Double Dutch". She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she taught high school English for twenty-five years. She's a popular conference speaker, addressing educational and literary groups both nationally and internationally. For more information visit her online at www.sharondraper.com.