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[2008], General, WGBH Boston Video Call No: DVD 610.92 PAC Edition: Letterboxed version Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: HealthSummary Note: The true story of three friends from the tough streets of Newark, New Jersey, who pledged to help each other make it to college and medical school and, after being successful in those endeavors, returned to their community to practice medicine and inspire youngsters.
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2002, Juvenile, Berkley Publishing Group Call No: 920 DAV Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: As teenagers from a rough part of Newark, New Jersey, Sampson Davis, Rameck Hunt, and George Jenkins had nothing special going for them except loving mothers (one of whom was a drug user) and above-average intelligence. Their first stroke of luck was testing into University High, one of Newark's three magnet high schools, and their second was finding each other. They were busy staying out of trouble (most of the time), and discovering the usual ways to skip class and do as little schoolwork as possible, when a recruitment presentation on Seton Hall University reignited George's childhood dream of becoming a dentist. The college was offering a tempting assistance package for minorities in its Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Plus Program. George convinced his two friends to go to college with him. They would help each other through. None of them would be allowed to drop out and be reabsorbed by the Newark streets.
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2005., Dutton Children's Books Call No: 158.1 DAV Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Making a pact to stick together through the rough times in their impoverished Newark neighborhood, three boys found the strength and determination to work through their difficulties in order to complete high school, get through college, and attend medical school together. Sampson, George, and Rameck could easily have followed their childhood friends into drug dealing, gangs, and prison. When they met in high school, they recognized in each other the desire and ability to "beat the street." Along the way they made mistakes, faced disappointments, and nearly failed, but by working hard, finding positive role models, resisting negative influences, and supporting each other at every turn, they achieved their goals, and more. Today they call themselves the Three Doctors, and work in the same community where they grew up--where they run The Three Doctors Foundation, creating opportunities for inner-city communities through education, mentoring, and health awareness.--From publisher description.
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c2005, Juvenile, Dutton Children's Books Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Shares anecdotes from the childhoods, teen years, and young adult lives of three men from Newark, New Jersey, who made a pledge to each other in high school to stay safe from drugs, gangs, and crime, and work to become doctors--a goal they have successfully achieved.
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c2005, Juvenile, Dutton Children's Books Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Shares anecdotes from the childhoods, teen years, and young adult lives of three men from Newark, New Jersey, who made a pledge to each other in high school to stay safe from drugs, gangs, and crime, and work to become doctors--a goal they have successfully achieved.
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c2005, Juvenile, Dutton Children's Books Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Shares anecdotes from the childhoods, teen years, and young adult lives of three men from Newark, New Jersey, who made a pledge to each other in high school to stay safe from drugs, gangs, and crime, and work to become doctors--a goal they have successfully achieved.
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2006, c2005., Juvenile, PUFFIN Call No: HI-INT 920 DAV Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Biographies of three inner-city youth of Newark, New Jersey and how they found the strength in themselves and each other to become physicians.