
The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream
by Davis Sampson
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Assigned across 1 curriculum list · 1 state
Grade placement varies by school — the median assigned book spans 4 grade levels (83% span three or more, across 13,258 source-cited assignments).
The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream by Davis Sampson is assigned in US schools at grades 9–12. It appears across 1 curriculum reference and 1 state, sourced from state DOE pages and AP/IB/Common Core syllabi. Every citation below links to the primary source.
This page shows where The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream is assigned in US schools — curricula, states, grades, and the primary-source citations behind each placement. Not a summary or study guide.
- Grade range
- Grades 9–12
- Age range
- Ages 14–17
- Pages
- 272
- Reading time
- about 5 hours (est.)
- First published
- 2014
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780132393492
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About this book
â??A most tender and gentle story. It is a rare gem of a book.â?¥
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Why widely assigned
This Realistic Fiction title, typically at grades 9–12. Written in the 2010s; cited across 1 curriculum framework.
Where this book is assigned
Virginia Readers' Choice
- recommended·9th grade · Virginiasource: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 2003-2004 winner (High)
- recommended·10th grade · Virginiasource: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 2003-2004 winner (High)
- recommended·11th grade · Virginiasource: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 2003-2004 winner (High)
- recommended·12th grade · Virginiasource: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 2003-2004 winner (High)
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Common questions
- What grade level is The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream?
- The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades 9–12. Specific grade placement varies by curriculum — AP Literature and IB English Literature typically use it in grades 11-12.
- How long does it take to read The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream?
- It takes about 5 hours to read The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream (272 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 300 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream?
- The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream appears on reading lists for Virginia Readers' Choice. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream banned in schools?
- The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream does not appear in PEN America's Index of School Book Bans 2022-2024. No documented multi-district removals on record, but individual districts may challenge titles locally.
Why this book is on this list
How we classifyHide
Each dimension below is sourced from a public reference. The full framework is documented on the classification standard page.
- Lexile measure
- Not classified — this book has no published Lexile measure.
- Grade band
- Grades 9–12 — drawn from state ELA frameworks and AP/IB syllabi citing this book.
- Curriculum alignment
- Cited in 1 curriculum on this site (see “Where assigned” above for primary-source links).
- State-level evidence
- Cited in 1 state ELA framework or DOE list (see citations above).
- Removal / banning records
- No tracked removal or challenge records in cited sources.
- Seasonal / contextual tags
- Tagged for: book-club.