Book excerpt: This book is inspired by a family's true story. In "Love You to the Stars and Back", the author, Jacqualine Haller writes about an experience she watched unfold while visiting her father in the hospital during the final months of his battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). Follow the story of her 4-year-old niece, who loved her Grandpa very much. Over time, Grandpa John gets sick and must go to the hospital to be taken care of by the doctors and nurses. This book is written to help explain where Grandpa eventually went, in a gentle, simple way for young children to understand.