Unplugged: Ella Gets Her Family Back
Illustrator
Penny Weber
Publisher
Tilbury House
Publication Year
2012
ISBN
9780884483373
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Upset that her family is so focused on the screens on their various electronic devices that they no longer talk, laugh, and play games together, Ella takes all of their chargers and small devices.
Grade Level
K-3
Lexile Measure
AD690L
Diversity Topics
Racial Diversity; Biracial; Interracial; biracial children; biracial teenagers; interracial marriage; interracial parents
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
Hispanic / White
Family Formation
mother and father
Awards
Quahog Book Award, 2014, Nominee
Moonbeam Children's Book Award, 2013, Bronze, Picture Book (All Ages)
Skipping Stones Honor Award, 2013, Winner, Nature and Ecology
Keywords
waffles; family time; electronics; phones; chargers; video games; computer; unplugging
Diversity Impact
indirect
STARS Citation
Pedersen, Laura, "Unplugged: Ella Gets Her Family Back" (2012). Diverse Families. 811.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/811