Stealing Home — Mary Stolz

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.