2nd post...

My passage:
""We'd better stay disguised, don't you think?" Eleni asked Tiffanie. "In case we run into any other people?"
I wanted to add, you might want to pick a look that's less attention grabbing, but I didn't have a chance.
Eleni continued, "Unless keeping up with the spell tires you or weakens you."
I would have thought of that first part, eventually, but never that last part, proving yet again how much smarter than me my grandmother was. And more considerate. Without even having to stop to think about it. (Velde 204)

This passage has to do with theme because at this point in the story, Wendy is starting to change and realize what she can do to make herself a better person. She does this by being the stereotypical teen and compares herself to her "grandmother" who is coincidentally the same age that she is in the story (Wendy had accidentally traveled back in time and found her grandmother during the 1950s when her grandmother was 16 or 17- around the same age has Wendy). This is the turning point for Wendy where she's realizing who she is now and who she wants to be like (her grandmother).

Ok, I know I shouldn't have done this- but I've read the whole book now... So I guess what I'll do is read more books now and maybe put up another 2 or 3 posts on this book before I start another book. Anyways.

Questions:
What do the glasses and the weirdness with the magical creatures have to do with Wendy becoming a better person? Why in the world would the author choose this kind of setting? Why does Wendy always say demeaning things about herself, or think them?