Sparky, the Emotions Spark & the Case of the Missing Parents
The Story: when ten year old Alex's parents suddenly go missing and he loses contact with them while on vacation in a foreign land, a family companion AI assistant (small robot) called Sparky must help him to locate his parents and as they embark on their search, Alex follows an emotional trail of clues some from his own memories as he tries to retrace their steps via their notepad itinerary device because they visited this location in the past when on their honeymoon and also again when Alex was younger. Along the way he meets Elsa, a local ten year old female child with Down's Syndrome in one of the spots that his parents visited and she offers to assist as well as a bunch of stray animal heroes (that can talk) who try to right the wrongs in their city (Stray Aniheroes one of whom is an aspiring Puss in Boots) and they face a local group of gang bully boys (who often target Elsa due to her disability.) During their adventure as they attempt to solve the case and find Alex's missing parents, Elsa helps Alex with all kinds of useful local information as he attempts to fill Sparky's databases with examples of emotional human experiences so that Sparky can help to provide further clues and Alex and Sparky help Elsa to deal with the bully boy gang. However, a break finally comes along their way, when an emotional spark clue leads them to a place that Elsa knows very well and often visits due to her usual routine activities and interests and she provides essential information (due to her special knowledge and situation which become her become her strongest strengths to assist) about that location that can help to locate Alex's parents as the two children learn how to follow an emotions spark made by Sparky and the Stray Aniheroes teach them how to tap into their heroic inner superpowers. Written by Jill Thrussell (developed from Abstract and Substitutes)