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. With help from her best friend, Pate, Flip intends to put Justin in his place with a magical elixir she creates using her family's potion bible. Justdumb, as she refers to him, also has the unusual gift of dabbling—or making magic potions—unbeknownst to Flip. Both come up with tricky ways to get the other to drink the mixtures. The Brookdale Elementary School becomes a crazy battleground of screaming, nonstop burping, werewolves, and dogs. 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 a friend.

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.

The author has been published several times in Medical Economics magazine and Keystone Physician magazine and authored a blog for Medical Economics that had an online reach of 74,000 readers over the past two years. She won second place in the magazine's annual physician writing contest in 2016, was winner of the Fighting Back Series in 2014, and received an honorable mention in 2011. Lori also received an honorable mention for her fiction short story Cutting It in the SEAK National Fiction Writing Competition for Physicians and Lawyers. This is her first book.