Runaway Smile: An unshared smile is a wasted smile

Award-Winning Finalist in the "Children's Fiction" category of the 2015 International Book Awards
Award-Winning Finalist in the "Children's Fiction" category of the 2015 Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards

"I woke up this morning and I had lost my smile and it wasn't my fault and I looked everywhere and it was gone. Then I met a workman and a king and the best salesman in the world and a clown and no-one wanted to give me theirs. At school, I asked Miss to give me hers, but she gave us a pop quiz instead, and then no-one was smiling and..."

A little boy wakes up in the morning and realizes he has lost his smile. After spending the entire day trying to find it, he learns the truth behind smiles: the only real smiles are the shared ones.