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

Filled with drama, courage, temptation, and ultimately, triumph, this is the uplifting story of three teenaged boys from broken homes in Newark, New Jersey, who pledged to support one another in realizing their dreams. Despite tremendous difficulties they faced, today two are doctors and one is a dentist. \nA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER \nA remarkable story about the power of friendship. \n \nChosen 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.\n \nThis 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.\n