Wonder Lesson Plan

What is the significance of the gift that Via gives Justin for Valentine's Day? How might this gift be thematically connected to Via's and Auggie's dad's story about how he got Daisy?

Via's gift to Justin for Valentine's Day is a messenger bag made out of old floppy disks.

After Justin meets Via's parents for the first time, her dad tells the story of how they got Daisy. Years before, Via's dad saw a homeless man pushing a cart with a dog in it in their neighborhood. The homeless man offered to sell the dog to Mr. Pullman and he decided to go for it, without asking anyone else in the family first. Luckily, everyone loves Daisy right away and she's become an integral...