Flip and Pate's Magical Potion Adventure is a 95 page fiction chapter book written for children 7-10 years old. The story is a hilarious romp involving magical elixirs that cause an uproar at the Brookdale Elementary School. The story has a very lively and clever female protagonist. Sophia MacAllister Phlippet, "Flip" to her friends and family, is a fifth-grade witch who is tired of getting picked on by her nemesis, Justin Johnston. Her grandmother gifts her The Potion Bible which is full of magic potion recipes such as 'Belch in a Bottle' and 'Wonderful Woof Water'. The unusual effects from the elixirs last approximately four hours. With help from her best friend, Pate, Flip intends to put Justin in his place with a magic potion that will cause him embarrassment. Justdumb, as she refers to him, also has the unusual gift of dabbling-or making magic elixirs-unbeknownst to Flip. Both come up with tricky ways to get the other to drink the mixtures. Flip causes Justin to belch nonstop during Mr. Yang's social studies class and then attract hundreds of dogs to the school. Justin causes Flip to speak only by screaming and then to grow thick werewolf hair on her neck and ankles. The Brookdale Elementary School becomes a crazy battleground of potion wars and the kids each end up in detention. Flip has to miss Pate's championship football game because of a hairy neck. Pate tries to make peace between Flip and Justin and gets caught in the skirmish. Flip never thought she would have to choose between winning the potion war and keeping her best friend.
