Pact, The
by Sampson Davis | Grades: 10-12
It isn’t often that a text highlights the positive effects of peer pressure, but The Pact does just that. Three young African-American men from a lower-class neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey, make a pact to support one another as they pursue their dreams through college and medical school. Uplifting and empowering, this memoir is essential reading for high school students in need of someone to show them that achieving their dreams is within their reach.