We Beat the Street

We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Pact Led to Success is an American autobiography aimed at young adults written by The Three Doctors and Sharon M. Draper on April 21, 2005. The novel shares the experiences of Dr. Sampson Davis, Rameck Hunt, and George Jenkins as well as other professional authors.

First edition (publ. Dutton Books)

We Beat the Street is the second novel that The Three Doctors were involved in writing, following the 2002 book The Pact and preceding the 2007 book The Bond.[1]

Reception

We Beat the Street was a New York Times children's bestseller for the week ending June 25, 2005.[2] The same year, the Association of Indiana School Library Educators selected the book as a "Read-Aloud Too-Good-to-Miss".[3] In 2006, the book was chosen as a "Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People" by the National Council for the Social Studies and Children's Book Council. The book review committee stated that the book contained a "true and inspiring" autobiographical account.[4]

Vicki Sherbert from The ALAN Review felt that the authors "spoke honestly of their discouragement, failures, and successes" and "offer encouragement to kids who find themselves in hopeless situations."[5] School Library Journal's Francisca Goldsmith thought that the writing was "simple and accessible", adding that "there is plenty of action for reluctant readers."[6] Gillian Engberg wrote in Booklist that the book contained inspirational stories and "personal, intimate voices that frankly discuss big mistakes and complicated emotions".[7]

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References
  1. Johnson, Bob (February 22, 2014). "The Pact: 3 black doctors who used education to escape poverty visit Saginaw Valley State University". MLive Michigan. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
  2. "Children's Best Sellers: July 10, 2005". The New York Times. July 10, 2005. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
  3. "Read Alouds Too Good to Miss 1990-2018" (PDF). Indiana Library Federation. November 30, 2018. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
  4. "Notable Social Studies Tradebooks for Young People 2006". National Council for the Social Studies. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
  5. Sherbert, Vicki (2005). "We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Pact Led to Success". The ALAN Review. 33 (1): 43.
  6. Goldsmith, Francisca (May 2005). "We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Pact Led to Success". School Library Journal. 51 (5): 146, 148 – via ProQuest.
  7. Engberg, Gillian (April 1, 2005). "We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Led to Success". Booklist. 101 (15): 1352. Retrieved May 11, 2019.


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