Deion Sanders: Mr. Prime Time cover

Deion Sanders: Mr. Prime Time

Author: Gutman, Bill

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level 5.9
Points 1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Nonfiction
Word Count 8098
Points per Word 0.000123
Page Count 48
Points per Page 0.020833
Series Sports World

Description

The book is a biography of Deion Sanders, the professional athlete who played both football and baseball. It follows his life from his childhood in Florida through his college career at Florida State University. The book covers his seven-year career in both professional sports, including his World Series ring with the Atlanta Braves and his Super Bowl rings with the San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys.

Quick Summary

Deion Sanders lived not one but two incredible sports careers, dominating both the NFL as a shutdown cornerback and the MLB as a speedster outfielder, making him one of the rarest athletes ever to excel at the highest levels of two professional sports. Readers will cheer as they follow Deion's journey from a rebellious kid in Jacksonville who got kicked off his high school team to a Florida State legend who trash-talked his way to the end zone, plus the jaw-dropping stories of him playing baseball and football on the same day. If your kid loves underdog sports stories and biographies about athletes who broke the rules and rewrote the record books, they'll devour this fast-paced biography the way Deion burned past defenders. Perfect for kids in grades 4 through 7 who eat up sports biographies and dream about crossing between two different worlds.