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Contents Introduction Chapter One: ?YOU DON?T HAVE TO CUT OFF MY FOOT, DO YOU?? (Sampson, age 6) Hanging Tough: A Conversation with Doctor Sampson Davis Chapter Two: ?OH MAN, YOU?RE IN TROUBLE AGAIN! (Rameck, age 9) School Problems: A Conversation with Doctor Rameck Hunt Chapter Three: ?ISN?T THAT SCHOOL IN THE GHETTO?? (George, age 8) Influential Teachers: A Conversation with Doctor George Jenkins Chapter Four: ?WE?RE GONNA JACK US SOME ICEES FROM JACK?S!? (Sampson, age 8) Temptation and Its Consequences: A Conversation with Doctor Sampson Davis Chapter Five: ?HOW MUCH DO YOU NEED?? (Rameck, age 12) Dreams and Missed Opportunities: A Conversation with Doctor Rameck Hunt Chapter Six: ?ARE YOU GODZILLA OR KING KONG?? (George, age 11) The Beginnings of a Dream: A Conversation with Doctor George Jenkins Chapter Seven: ?YEAH, MAN. THEY SAY THE DRIVER?S DEAD.? (Sampson, age 11) Living and Dying on the Streets: A Conversation with Doctor Sampson Davis Chapter Eight: ?I DON?T EVEN KNOW ANYBODY WHO WENT TO COLLEGE? (Sampson and George, age 12) Entering Seventh Grade: A Conversation with Doctor George Jenkins Making Good Grades: A Conversation with Doctor Sampson Davis Chapter Nine: ?YOU KIDS ARE GONNA GET YOURSELF KILLED? (Rameck, 9th Grade) The Call of the Streets: A Conversation with Doctor Rameck Hunt Chapter Ten: ?WHAT?S UP WITH THAT? YOU THINK YOU BETTER THAN US?? (Sampson, 10th Grade) So Easy to Fall into the Drug Scene: A Conversation with Doctor Sampson Davis Chapter Eleven: ?A STICKY WEB OF BRIGHT PINK SILLY STRING ACROSS THE ASTONISHED TEACHER?S FACE? (Rameck, 11th Grade) Foolishness and Understanding: A Conversation with Doctor Rameck Hunt Chapter Twelve: ?I THINK WE COULD DO ALL THIS?THE THREE OF US?TOGETHER!? (11th Grade) The Beginning of the Pact: A Conversation with Doctor George Jenkins Chapter Thirteen: ?IF HE DIES, YOU GET CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER? (Rameck, 11th Grade) Thanksgiving in Jail: A Conversation with Doctor Rameck Hunt Chapter Fourteen: ?HOW DO YOU PLEAD?? THE JUDGE ASKED. ?GUILTY, YOUR HONOR.? (Sampson, 12th Grade) Never Again: A Conversation with Doctor Sampson Davis Chapter Fifteen: NOT ONLY HAD THEIR SONS SURVIVED, BUT THEY WERE GOING TO COLLEGE (End of 12th Grade) Strengthening the Pact: A Conversation with Doctor George Jenkins Chapter Sixteen: ?IT FEELS GOOD, MAN. I LIKE DOING PUSH-UPS WITH MY BRAIN? (Pre-College Summer Program) The Possibility of Success: A Conversation with Doctor Sampson Davis Chapter Seventeen: THE BOY?S NECK BENT IN AN ODD WAY, AND HIS BODY FELL LIMP (Freshman Year in College) The End of Violence and the Start of Giving Back: A Conversation with Doctor Rameck Hunt Chapter Eighteen: ?YO, YO, YO! CHECK IT OUT! CHECK IT OUT!? (The RapYears) Rap Stars?: A Conversation with Doctor George Jenkins Chapter Nineteen: ?FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HIGH SCHOOL, THE THREE OF US WON?T BE TOGETHER? (End of College) Hanging in There: A Conversation with Doctor George Jenkins Chapter Twenty: ?DRIVING WHILE BLACK? (Rameck, Medical School) The Possibility of Losing the Dream: A Conversation with Doctor Rameck Hunt Chapter Twenty-One: ?SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA FAIL IN ORDER TO SUCCEED? (Sampson, Medical School) Going Back to Where It All Began: A Conversation with Doctor Sampson Davis Chapter Twenty-Two: ?TO FRIENDS? (Graduation from Medical School) Conclusion
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Davis, Sampson.
Jenkins, George, 1973-.
Hunt, Rameck.
Youth with social disabilities -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American youth -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American physicians -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Friendship -- Juvenile literature.
Success -- Juvenile literature.