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Email TopicThe Book Details page provides more detailed information about a book or article than what you saw in a list of titles. Here you can perform the same actions you could from the list view.
Viewing the Book or Article Details
Follow these steps to open a book details page.
- From any list of book and article titles in the search results, AR BookBag, or teacher list, select the title or the cover image to open the book details page.
- In addition to the information you saw in the list of titles, on this page you will see:
- book availability (if your school has the book)
- word count
- any topic/subtopic this book is in
- any series this book is part of
- a table of publisher information
Actions you can take
- Add the book to your AR BookBag
- Print to PDF the details about the book or article.
- View the previous title or next title book details page.
- Purchase the book from Amazon.com if Buy from Amazon.com is available.
- Parents, teachers, and librarians (not students) might see this option. If you do not see Buy from Amazon.com, you will see this message: "A book matching this AR Quiz is not available from Amazon.com, based on ISBN(s)."
- Renaissance cannot guarantee that a particular book will be available through Amazon.com. Articles are not available through Amazon.com.
Additional Details Shown
AR Points
- A value assigned to a book based on the book level and word count (the book's difficulty and length). Learn more about Accelerated Reader Points. Note that for articles, points are not shown.
Book Availability
- AR Book Availability is displayed if (1) your school used Accelerated Reader Bookguide to enable this feature and (2) you are using a keycode.
- The location of the book and the number of available copies are shown. Example: Mrs. Doe's Classroom / 3.
Quiz Types
Vocabulary Practice (VP)
Vocabulary Practice Quizzes measure a student's command of vocabulary words encountered while reading. They are designed to reinforce vocabulary acquisition, assist with individualizing vocabulary instruction, and generate student interest in words through authentic, in-context literature experiences.
Vocabulary words are identified by finding words that are at or above the average reading level of the text, appear in the book at least twice, are significant to the book's meaning, and are interesting or useful in everyday conversation.
Quizzes include 5, 10, or 15 words from a particular book as well as review words from previously read books.
Literacy Skills (LS)
Literacy Skills Quizzes help monitor student growth in the comprehension and literacy skills that are most often assessed on high-stake tests.
These quizzes measure specific skills in the context of a whole book.
Literacy Skills Quizzes are supplemental and are to be taken only occasionally and in far fewer numbers than Reading Practice Quizzes. They have no motivational aim.
Students should not take a Literacy Skills Quiz unless they have first passed the Reading Practice Quiz. If the student does not understand a book well enough to pass the Reading Practice Quiz, their score on the Literacy Skills Quiz will not be meaningful.
Recorded Voice (RV)
Recorded Voice Quizzes are Reading Practice Quizzes designed for emergent and beginning readers. When taking Recorded Voice Quizzes, students use the speakers on the computer (or headphones) to listen to a professional recording of each quiz question and the answer choices. Because students hear the words as they appear on the screen, they can take the quizzes independently.
Reading Practice (RP)
Reading Practice quizzes were designed to indicate whether a student has read and understands a book on a basic level. Reading Practice Quizzes are intended to be motivating and form the foundation of Accelerated Reader.
The books can be Read To or Read With the student or can be Read Independently.
In Accelerated Reader Bookfinder, article quizzes are identified as Reading Practice.
Star Rating
- When students finish taking an Accelerated Reader Reading Practice Quiz for a book, they may vote to say how they liked the book. The rating is calculated from all student votes (nationwide) for the past twelve months. It is updated weekly.
- Possible star ratings are: 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, and 4 stars. If the book has not been rated, this field will say "Not yet rated." (Articles are shown as not rated.)
Publisher
- LCCN stands for Library of Congress Card Number. This is assigned by the Library of Congress when the bibliographic record for a book is created.
- ISBN stands for International Standard Book Number. It is a distinctive number assigned to a book.