52 pages • 1 hour read
George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt, Sampson Davis, Sharon M. DraperWe Beat the Street: How A Friendship Pact Led to Success
Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2005A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
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We Beat the Street
- Genre: Nonfiction; autobiography; young adult
- Originally Published: 2005
- Reading Level/Interest: Lexile 860L; grades 5-9
- Structure/Length: 26 chapters; approximately 194 pages
- Central Concern: The book tells the real-life story of three young men—Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt—who made a pact in high school to find a way out of their neighborhood and go to college, then medical school. Throughout the book, they share the challenges they faced and how their friendship helped them succeed.
- Potential Sensitivity Issues: Depictions of violence and crime; drug use; poverty; strong language
Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt, and Sharon M. Draper, Authors
- Bio: Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt: born in the early 1970s; grew up in Newark, New Jersey; all became doctors; co-founders of The Three Doctors Foundation, a non-profit organization
- Sharon M. Draper: Born 1948; professional educator and award-winning writer; served as National Teacher of the Year; known for her work in children's literature
- Other Works: By Davis, Jenkins, and Hunt: The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream (2002); The Bond: Three Young Men Learn to Forgive and Reconnect with Their Fathers (2007); by Draper: Tears of a Tiger (1994); Out of My Mind (2010)
- Awards: Five Coretta Scott King Book Awards
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