Deep inside the Land of Impossible Things is Lipsteenland, home to Leapsneak, a Pixie-Elf-Gnome, or PEN for short. Leapsneak finds himself on an adventure when a mysterious Talking Book sends him into the Real World, where he must help a little boy named Charlie find his parents and save him from the wicked clutches of Ms. Fudd at the Sappy Inn Home For Orphaned Children.