Stealing Home

Aunt Linzy hasn't left Chicago in forty years.

But now she's coming to see Thomas and Grandfather for visit—a long visit. Grandfather can still remember how he and his sister-in-law Linzy used to bicker constantly. She doesn't like fishing or baseball or messy housemates. Aunt Linzy knows only one "sport"—cleaning! She cleans anything and everything in sight. Still, Grandfather assures Thomas that the two of them can put up with a relative with a few quirks.

But how long can Thomas put up with "a few quirks," especially when his favorite team—the Pittsburgh Pirates—is sixteen games out of first place, and he's sleeping on the sofa? Thomas has almost had enough.