We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Pact Led to Success

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We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Pact Led to Success

by Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Sharon M. Draper (Goodreads Author), Rameck Hunt

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Growing up on the rough streets of Newark, New Jersey, Rameck, George,and Sampson could easily have followed their childhood friends into drug dealing, gangs, and prison. But when a presentation at their school made the three boys aware of the opportunities available to them in the medical and dental professions, they made a pact among themselves that they would become doc...more

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Published April 20th 2006 by Puffin (first published May 1st 2005)

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May 06, 2013 Megan rated it 4 of 5 stars

We beat he street
By Sharon draper Sampson Davis, Rameck Hunt, and George Jenckins
208 pages
Informational non-fiction

We beat the street is about three boys Sampson, Rameck, and George.These boys grew up in the "hood" of Newark, Newjersy. There where thugs, drugs, and prisons. These boys couldn't help but get into some trouble especially Sampson. They really didn't want to live like this they isn't want to be in a gang. So when they saw there was a opportunity that if they worked they could becomes...more

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Mar 16, 2013 Dimitra H. rated it 5 of 5 stars

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We Beat the Street
The Three Doctors,
Sampson Davis
George Jenkins
Rameck Hunt
Nonfiction
194 pages

Growing up on the rough streets of Newark, New Jersey, Rameck, George,and Sampson could easily have followed their childhood friends into drug dealing, gangs, and prison. But when a presentation at their school made the three boys aware of the opportunities available to them in the medical and dental feilds, they made a pact amongst themselves that they would go to collage and become doctors. It took a l...more

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Mar 13, 2013 Sam rated it 4 of 5 stars

This book was called “We Beat the Street.” The writers were the three doctors, Dr. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt with Sharon M. Draper. It was about three kids that grew up in the “hood.” A rough part of town where they saw killing, drugs, and all sorts of things that you usually do not see to often. These three kids were one of the smartest in his class but people told them that they were not suppose to show it because it made them look ‘dumb’. They had goals though once the...more This book was called “We Beat the Street.” The writers were the three doctors, Dr. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt with Sharon M. Draper. It was about three kids that grew up in the “hood.” A rough part of town where they saw killing, drugs, and all sorts of things that you usually do not see to often. These three kids were one of the smartest in his class but people told them that they were not suppose to show it because it made them look ‘dumb’. They had goals though once they hit high school.
I liked this book very much, I thought it was interesting and you wouldn’t know what would happen next, anyone that likes things where they can’t really guess what’s going on next would like this book.
Three boys named Rameck, Sampson, and George all lived in the ‘hood.’ They saw drugs, killing, things that an Iowa wouldn’t see everyday. All three of their dads had walked out when they were just kids. They grew up with their mom working 14 hour days, barely making it. The three went to a different elementary school in Newark, New York. When they were kids they had been around kids that thought being smart was stupid, and being a runner (run for older people to sell drugs across town) was the right thing to when they got older. Some of them were already doing it.
Rameck’s story was that he fought when someone would not do what he said, that put him in some trouble through his years. He was one of the brightest kids in his class, but he did not show it for quite some time. He hung out with people that had drugs, sold them, and did everything with them. He ran drugs for older people for a little bit even.
George was a boy that stayed on the down low for most of his childhood. People around him thought the same thing about being smart, it was stupid. He liked his teacher because she took them places and she understood what he was in and knew he was smart kid. One day on the bus coming home from the field trip, he was sitting alone and the teacher asked to sit with him, he said yes. They started talking and she asked why he did not answer the questions that she knew he knew. He said then he would get beaten up from the kids because they would think I am better then them. She said, that is the most stupidest thing I have ever heard! She said that quite loudly because most of the kids stopped talking and looked her. The teacher said that he can do what he wants and she will watch his back.

While George was getting older, he had crooked teeth that needed to be fixed, his mother took him to dentist and that was when his dreams opened. The doctor took out all sorts of tools and George would ask what it was and what it did. The doctor was very surprised how curious he was and told him everything with a smile on his face. He asked when he was coming back and the doctor told him about two to three weeks when he got the results, he told him he will be happy to see him and he can not wait. George was in the car going back home and he told him mom that he wanted to be a dentist when he got older.
Sampson was another boy that had a dream but he didn’t know it. He had an older brother and he was going out to hang out with his friends one afternoon, Sampson told him to take him or he’ll tell mom and he’ll get grounded. His brother told him okay, but just stay out of the way if anything happens and don’t embarrass me. Sampson knew what to do. They headed to the park and were sitting on the bench. They looked around the park and saw how dirty it was and how people didn’t care. They decided to change that. They all started picking things up and putting them back. When they stumbled upon a cement bird feeder that fell they tried to lift it and put it back. The thing was close to about 180 pounds and when Sampson and his brother tried to lift it, they couldn’t. It fell right on his foot. It started bleeding through the shoe and his brother and his friends carried him home. His mother was angry at his brother for taking him out and doing things stupid like that. Sampson got to sit in his mothers bed and watch T.V for days while his brother had to do all of the different chores by himself.
The three of them went to all different elementary and middle schools for the time when they were younger, but there was a high school that accepted kids that were good and that were really smart two years before, in seventh grade, Sampson and George made it when they were in seventh, but Rameck made it later when they were suppose too, in ninth grade.
When they went through school they didn’t try their hardest, they messed around, sometimes did their homework. Trying to be the funny guy around the place. One day when the three boys were walking down the hall Rameck saw a boy with a bottle of silly string and took it and went up to the teacher that was giving him a hard time. As soon as she opened the door she had silly string in her face. They ran away knowing that they had crossed the line this time. They heard the office call their names and about five minutes later they popped their heads into the door and they called their parents and later that day the cops showed up at Rameck’s door to take them downtown. When the trial was going on the teacher said her story and how smart he was and he just had to think about his actions. He could go far if he did things that were right. The teacher didn’t file any charges on him and let him come back to school. Rameck’s, George’s, and Sampson’s attitude changed after that and they all planned to go to Seton Hall after a guy talked to them and said that it was a very cheap college and they could get what they wanted from school from there. Close to the end of school the three boys got accepted to Seton Hall and they went to become doctors. George as a dentist, Rameck has an emergency doctor, and Sampson as a regular doctor helping people from stomach aches to fractured skulls.
When the three boys were in college they had rough times, they got into fights that came to a close call of them being kicked out, almost getting charged and they wouldn’t ever be able to come back. But they made it through and when they went up to get there certifications their parents were sitting there with a smile and some tears of joy. They were so proud of the their kids. Just before the graduation they had gotten letters that told them where their going to work. They got sent to three different places and they knew they wouldn’t be together forever. But when Sampson saw his he didn’t like where it was and he thought about his childhood, he looked on the internet and saw that his home town had a position that he could be an emergency doctor. He called them and they ask him to fax his information right away and there he goes, right back to the place where he was born, broke his foot, and where he would now work to keep the living going.
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Mar 07, 2013 Joabany Carreto rated it 4 of 5 stars

I read this book called "We Beat the Streets" by Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt. This book is about this three authors that become doctors. They grew up in a bad street in New Jersey called Newark. There was lots of violence where they lived, so they would have to support and depend on each other.

The characters are Sampson, George, and Rameck that struggled in their neighborhood because there were lots of drugs, poverty, and apathy and they could not deal with that anymore so tha...more

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Jan 16, 2013 Kosei K. rated it 3 of 5 stars

We Beat The Street
By DRS. Sampson Davis
George Jenkins
And Rameck Hunt
With Sharon M. Draper
Information
183 Pages

This book We Beat The Street is about the three doctors Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt growing up in a bad place where they started as kids in the toughest neighborhoods of Newark, New Jersey, and having a dream to be doctor while becoming a grown up/teenager. They were all gangsters and got in a lot of trouble. The First pages is about Sampson crushing his foot by droppi...more

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Dec 14, 2012 Collin rated it 5 of 5 stars

How we beat the street by Sampson davis is an fantastic and unique book. I choose this book because i thought it would be about gang related readings. However, it really didn't focus a lot on that. The book consists of a lot of short life lessons that come together to create a story that shows that there is a way to escape the "ghetto". The main characters, Rameck, George, and Sampson all had to face many problems. Some external conflicts, but this this book a lot of them were internal. They eve...more

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Oct 11, 2012 Conner Rodriguez rated it 4 of 5 stars

Title: We Beat the Streets
Author:Sampson Davis,George Jenkins, Sharon M.Draper,Rameck Draper
Date:10/11/12
Period:4
Name:Conner Rodriguez

Passage: Now a days kids all over the world are starting to do drugs at a very early age. I have always been curios how these kids are getting into these horrible habits. That's why I chose the book "We Beat The Streets"; this particular novel is about three poor teenagers who meet in high school. They eventually become best friends, and make a pact about graduati...more

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Oct 03, 2012 Nicolas rated it 5 of 5 stars

This is one of my all time favorite books. I love this book because it is so easy for me to be relatable to the main characters. I feel like I understand most of their problems because I have been through the same thing. These characters are so inspirational to be because even though they lived in such a bad neighborhood they still made it out to become successful doctors. Another reason why I find them so I relatable is that their parents are hard on them and I will the same way about my mothe...more

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May 19, 2012 Anne rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: chs-2012, teen, chs-2013

Sampson, George, and Rameck could easily have followed their childhood friends into drugdealing, gangs, and prison. Like their peers, they came from poor, single-parent homes in urban neighborhoods where survival, not scholastic success, was the priority. When the three boys met in a magnet high school in Newark, they recognized each other as kindred spirits who wanted to overcome the incredible odds against them and reach for opportunity.

This was one of the best non-fiction books I've read for...more

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May 14, 2012 mr talywacker added it

We beat the streets was a good and inspiring book to read. This was the first full book I have finished in a long time. The authors made it so I wanted to keep reading by making it interesting with clues and leads to what is going to happen next. The story was plotted in Newark, New Jersey in the projects. There were three kids named Sampson, George, and Remeck. They all face hard times in the streets with drugs and street violence everywhere. The three kids were all very smart and at the top o...more

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Jan 29, 2012 Dave rated it 3 of 5 stars

Part of a program titled, "One School, One Book", at the middle school that employs me, I was shamed by a classroom of 14 year olds into reading this at a much faster pace than I was displaying. So, I put down my books about basketball and New York, and I dedicated a weekend to this story. Three young African-American men recall the story of how they escaped the projects of Newark, New Jersey to become successful adults in the medical profession. This edition was purposely written for young teen...more

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Dec 06, 2011 Autumn rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: discuss-it, education, inspirations, not-just-for-teens, true-story

Amazing, inspiring story of three men from Newark, New Jersey who now call themselves the Three Doctors, who fought and eventually triumphed over the violence, drugs, and lack of vision that filled their neighborhood to become successful and well-regarded doctors. They made a pact with each other to help each other graduate and succeed in school, and they now serve in the very community they grew up in, actively working to inspire the next generation of children in their neighborhood to become m...more Amazing, inspiring story of three men from Newark, New Jersey who now call themselves the Three Doctors, who fought and eventually triumphed over the violence, drugs, and lack of vision that filled their neighborhood to become successful and well-regarded doctors. They made a pact with each other to help each other graduate and succeed in school, and they now serve in the very community they grew up in, actively working to inspire the next generation of children in their neighborhood to become more than the streets offer them.

It was inspiring how supportive these men's families were. These were not the indifferent, uneducated minority families you hear about in such gang-related neighborhood statistics. They supported, inspired, and did all they could to help these boys to excel. Also inspiring was how smart these boys were and how much they (some more than others) loved school, craved knowledge, and how much they wanted to overcome the dead end mentality of their neighborhood, and how they recognized just what was required of them to prevail. I was impressed that they recognized the need for positive and encouraging role models, and how they sought such people out.

This is not a romanticized account of life on the streets. Each of the Three Doctors openly recount his struggles with jail, racism, gang members, and disillusionment. However, they counter those struggles with their triumphs—which you appreciate more knowing what it took for these men to reach their goals.

What most impressed me—and proved the strength of true friendship—was how frankly they each admitted that they could not have succeeded without the strength and encouragement of one another. They had realistically troubling moments where they doubted their abilities or true desires, and, proving that real friends talk about real problems, they would frankly discuss their issues with each other, offer advice, take encouragement, and find the strength to keep going.

Excellently presented and inspiring story of great, though imperfect people who realize—and discuss—the hard work it takes to succeed, and who exemplify the fortitude and support it takes to make it.

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Nov 13, 2011 Lauryn H. rated it 3 of 5 stars

The book I read was We Beat the Streets. I would probably give this book a 6. This book was very sympathetic and descriptive but boring. This book didn’t ever catch my eye or always wanted me to keep reading after I was done. On the other hand this book could relate to kids all over the world. I may have not grown up in a bad place of town having to watch my back every minute of the day and knowing anything could happen at any time, everyday kids have to go through that. On the front cover it sa...more

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Nov 10, 2011 Kyra C rated it 5 of 5 stars

The book "We Beat the Street" by Drs.Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt, along with Sharon M. Draper, is an inspirational story about three boys in the hood of Newark, New Jersey that make a friendship pact and stick together throughout their childhood and through their college and medical school years. I think it is an excellent example for kids all around the world should follow. I loved how the book talks about how they met and how they decided to change their lives forever. The a...more The book "We Beat the Street" by Drs.Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt, along with Sharon M. Draper, is an inspirational story about three boys in the hood of Newark, New Jersey that make a friendship pact and stick together throughout their childhood and through their college and medical school years. I think it is an excellent example for kids all around the world should follow. I loved how the book talks about how they met and how they decided to change their lives forever. The authors of the book did a wonderful job at making me compare my life to the characters in the book.
When the three future doctors rejected things that were handed to them that they knew was going to ruin their lives for good that made me give a lot of respect to them. There were numerous times when drugs and alcohol were offered to them and they walked away from friends who were ruining their own lives. Another reason as to why I feel the way that I feel about the book is because of their tight friendship and huge attachment to their home town. When they all graduated from medical and dental school they returned to their home town to work at local dental offices and hospitals to make their town a better place for people to live in.
The books thoughtful and impressive diction wasn’t that hard to understand. There were times when I had to stop to read a word over again because of how big the vocabulary was but nothing too hard.
The three doctors meet by their incredible gift and they end up being in the same school. Soon they create a friendship that lasts throughout their school years but before that, they had no idea that skipping class in high school would make them create a friendship pact that would change their lives and the way the think of their futures. The three soon to be doctors will overcome obstacles that would be extremely difficult to overcome for the kind of other friends that they had lived near. One of them had to deal with a traumatic death in their neighborhood that would never make him go down that road.
The three doctors won the Iowa Teen Award of 2009-2010. They have also written three other books called “The Pact” and “The Bond.” BILL COSBY, after reading this book, said with great enthusiasm, “All parents must read this book! First the parents, then the child.” OPRAH WINFREY, has excitingly labeled The Three Doctors as the leaders of role modeling naming them, “The Premiere Role Models of the World”.
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Feb 15, 2010 Nic rated it 3 of 5 stars

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What a great book! I love how seriously it acknowledges the pressures and dangers of life in low-income urban neighborhoods, the temptation to get involved with drugs and crime, and the things that people sometimes do without thinking them through. It also shows good examples of people supporting teens, whether through encouragement, discipline, or forgiveness. I thought it a very strong point that Rameck could have had his dreams derailed at least twice if not for the understanding of people li...more

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Dec 14, 2012 Claire rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-i-have-reviewed-2nd, my-non-fiction

We Beat the Street
Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt (with Sharon Draper)
208 pages
Informational Non-Fiction

Sampson, George, and Rameck were ordinary black men from the ghetto of Newark, New Jersey. They had to overcome drugs, gangs, police and their background. Throughout all of this they remain friends and ended up going to college to become doctors! This was very uncommon and no thought they could do it. Now they call themselves The Three Doctors and they try to set an example for...more

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Dec 27, 2011 Theresa Leone Davidson rated it 3 of 5 stars

This is a book for middle school/junior high students and easy enough even for them that it can be read in a day. It is the very inspirational story of three guys, all raised in or very near the projects of Newark, New Jersey, who not only go on to college but to medical school. They are all now very successful doctors who give a lot back to the communities from which they came, including giving lectures to students. I only had a couple of issues with the book: one was that one of the guys, at s...more

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Oct 23, 2010 Saira Gonzalez rated it 5 of 5 stars

Honestly, this book almost made me cry of joy. It is basically about how three friends, Sampson, Rameck, and George made a pact to stay together throughout the years of college and medical school. As young kids, they endured gang violence, drugs, poverty but most of all, being black. In my opinion, the theme of this book is success because all the boys have a good conscious to study to succeed and to stay out of peer pressure, drugs, and murder. This book teaches a lesson on what happens if you...more

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May 31, 2013 Karthik rated it 4 of 5 stars

We beat the street
Three doctors with Sharon draper
180 pages
Non fiction
May 20 2013

Dr. George Jenkins, Samson Davis, and Rameck hunt have 3 stories that link into one. These three men grew up as kids on the streets of danger in New Jersey. It was part of their daily life to see someone lying dead on the street or even fighting right in front of their eyes. While they all neede money for their families they knew drugs would more likely kil them rather than help them.so tey all studied hard in schoo...more We beat the street
Three doctors with Sharon draper
180 pages
Non fiction
May 20 2013

Dr. George Jenkins, Samson Davis, and Rameck hunt have 3 stories that link into one. These three men grew up as kids on the streets of danger in New Jersey. It was part of their daily life to see someone lying dead on the street or even fighting right in front of their eyes. While they all neede money for their families they knew drugs would more likely kil them rather than help them.so tey all studied hard in school along the way came trouble Rameck beat a guy up for smokin pot near a playground and he nearly killed the guy. Rameck spent a few days in jail and luckily he got outIf he did not he probably would not have been able to get into being a doctor. It was only then Rameck realized he had to be more careful and not look for trouble. The three boys met at university high school in eleventh grade George and Samson had gotten in at ninth grade Rameck joined later. Samson got in trouble too he was robbing teenagers who had drug money but the police caught as an offense and he was arrestd. Like Rameck luck weaver it's way to him and he got let go. Samson also stopped after that. George never got in trouble from the day he had to get his braces he dental care seemed an interesting thing to Goerge. All three boys wind up in a seton hall medical presentation by accident. They were about to ditch class but the headmaster said where are you going and they said the presentation as a lie. And so they had to go to the assembly escorted by the headmaster. That presentation made them realize they wanted to be doctors and seton hall was free. They went to college and were guided by Carla Davis who helped them get their degrees and become the successfull doctors they are today. These two doctors and one dentist are giving back to New Jersey to what it gave them.... A home

I really loved this book I rate this book 4 stars and suggest to people who like inspiring stories. If you are out there and you need in an. inspiration these guys have an amazing story. Going from a neighborhood kid who was tempted by negative peer pressure and becoming a successfull doctor. This book is really good. There were no parts in the book I did not like except one part that I wish it did not say. It happen when Rameck was in jail he heard something. I won't say because I do not want to be suspended from school. But it was a very dark thing in the book. I liked how these boys realistically described the streets of Newark, New Jersey that are not pleasant at all.the streets that are there for low or no income families. They are more drugs,murder,robbery than anything. It is sad to me when I read this book. But the fight through adversary. This book also had these doctors at least two of them do bad things. But they learned to take a peaceful route rather than to knock the lights out of them. I also like how even when when the teacher who taught George told him that he was smart and he should try to go to college. George said he did not know anybody in college or even anybody who went. He ended up studying hard believing in himself and going. Overall I really liked this book and i do not critic the other non inappropiate parts.(less)

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Sep 10, 2010 Christianc.1 rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Christian Cromartie
We Beat the Street
By Sampson Davis

I gave this book 4 star because of the suspense and challenge these three Doctors experiences in their lives. I liked this book because of what the three doctors went through during their childhood. I also like this book because it's by one of my favorite authors.
Sampson, George, and Ramek all make a pact to get off the streets and be successful. They all had different problems and experiences during there life. While they faced drugs, viol...more

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Jun 14, 2010 Jessica Leatham rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: english-420

This is a non-fiction account that follows three boys as they try to deal with life on the streets. Each one of them comes from different backgrounds, but they all share a couple of things: A bright mind and a wish to make it out of the dangers that constantly surround them. When the three of them meet at school, they become friends. By coincidence, they attend a lecture about a college that is willing to pay full tuition for any minorities willing to commit to a profession in the medical field....more

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Oct 24, 2012 Bryan Mcpherson rated it 4 of 5 stars

We Beat the Street by: The Three Doctors was a very good and inspirational book for teenagers that are less fortunate. It tells them no matter what obstacles you come across you can always succeed. I felt like people could learn from these three men and follow some of the same paths they took. One thing I enjoyed about the book after every chapter it gave a little story from them and it just explains what I read. The book also shows the importance of support and having people in your life to inf...more

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Apr 21, 2011 Jaja Borja-Laure rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: memoir

I finished reading this book in a jiffy. This book is very straightforward, very easy to love and, most of all, very friendly to my almond-shaped peepers! Even a fourth grader will appreciate this!

It tells the story of three colored (hope I'm politically correct) kids living in a challenging environment in New Jersey. These things are common in their daily grind: drugs, peer pressure, street crimes, cop sirens and other things often found in gangster movies. While most kids their age lived in a...more

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May 09, 2012 Qalid Abdi rated it 5 of 5 stars

i like beat the street because its tells you have
The book focuses on three friends: Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt. These three students all met at the “University of High School” during this time they made a friendship pact to get through life itself. All three kids grew up as members of low income families so it was very hard to get the things they wanted. Every time one of these kids were to get in trouble I would think positive for them because I like these characters. Their...more

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Apr 09, 2010 Angel Cortes rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: independant-reading-books-2009-2010

this book is about three kids named sampson remek and gearge. they beat the streets by becoming doctors. nd they did so by creating a pact that would lead them thru highschool and college and medical school. but mostly thru the years they had to spren living in the streets. they had overcome many challenges thru their first years but they had to do it for the rest of their lives. and that was the hardest part.
i can connect to this book because i am going thru what they are aswell. i live in a ki...more

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May 20, 2011 Lisa rated it 2 of 5 stars

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Feb 17, 2013 Shrayes S. rated it 4 of 5 stars

I have read We Beat the Streets by the three doctors Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck hunt and Sharon Draper. This book is nonfiction. In this book, three black men have been doing bad things like beating people up and taking drugs and things like that. One day though, they look at a presentation from Seton Hall college. They decided they would dream bigger than they would have normally. They decided to become doctors, and they have helped a lot of people.

This book was amazing. It was...more

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Oct 24, 2012 Tanner.m rated it 4 of 5 stars

We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Pact Led to Success
184 pages

Non-fiction
WE Beat the Street is about three kids growing up in the hood. They were named Sampson, George, and Rameck. They all grew up around drugs, violence, and Criminals. But after there child hood they all met up in highschool when they went to a nice school unlike most. Soon they all made a pact to go through with highschool and go to collage to get to their dreams and become doctors. But it was always hard exspecialy when th...more

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Sep 10, 2010 Cjclay97 rated it 4 of 5 stars

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We Beat the Streets

The inspirational story we beat the streets was written by author
Sharon draper and collaborated with the three men Rameck Hunt, George
Jenkins and Sampson Davis. In this book it tells you how their life
Was like growing up in the inner city environment where the boys were
Faced with all kinds of challenges like poverty, drugs, and injury.
In spite of all they have been through they al wanted to be
Successful. So in high school rameck George and Samp...more

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Dec 01, 2011 Na'kaila B rated it 4 of 5 stars

The three boys Sampson,George,and Rameck find there self's struggling to live in the streets of Newark,New Jersey, from stilling ,to gang banging ,to even killing each other over the names of the streets.Is all normal for these boys but as they get older they find keeping money in there pockets to help their family,from trying to stay out of the trouble from per pressure not easy to do.But when the boys find each other to doing will when they all make a pack to do better and to stay out of troub...more

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