Flippity Gilbert's Cottage of Quirks

These walls can talk. Are you listening?

When Flippity Gilbert inherits a Yorkshire cottage from a mysterious uncle, he is hesitant to leave his comfortable—albeit dull—life in America behind. Flip and his cat take one look at the dilapidated place and decide to sell. That is, until the teapot magically pours itself and the walls begin to speak. The Cottage is sentient, and it needs Flip’s help. The only way the cautious man can ever have peace again is to find the Cottage’s stolen bricks scattered through time and space.

Unfortunately, Flip’s middle name is Johan, not Adventure. But as he meets odd and dangerous creatures, befriends a neighbor woman who reminds him of sunshine, and learns his cat can talk (and lovingly despises him in the way only a cat can), Flippity realizes he has more capacity for bravery, compassion, and creativity than he ever thought possible.

In a place where every doorway, window, picture frame, and light switch holds a portal, Flip has no idea where he will end up next. What happens if the Cottage doesn’t get what it wants? And what happens when Flip begins to feel content in a house that has no intention of being a home?

Full of quirky characters, whimsical settings, and poignant lessons, FLIPPITY GILBERT’S COTTAGE OF QUIRKS is a wholesome and adventurous Middle Grade novella that can be enjoyed quietly or read aloud to the whole family.