On drives with his friend Leonard's great-aunt, Walter never knows what the trio will discover.

Juanita and Miguel's great-aunt, Tia Lola, comes from the Dominican Republic to help take care of them after their parents divorce, and soon she is so involved in their small Vermont community that when her visa expires, the whole town turns out to support her.

Sophie is apprehensive when she learns that her intrepid Great-Aunt Zelda is coming to take her on an "adventure," but she soon discovers that she and her Great-Aunt have a lot in common.