Sarah has a problem. Every year she and her father march in the Fourth of July Parade. This year is different. Sarah's daddy is sick and can no longer walk. To make matters worse, he relies on a wheelchair, an UGLY wheelchair. Sarah has to decide whether she will listen to her pride and break a father-daughter tradition or listen to her heart and embrace a new one. Through her compassion, Sarah learns not only to accept her father's new wheelchair, but his disability as well. The Stars That Shine is a lovely tribute to all children who live with a disabled or terminally ill parent. Enclosed are resources for ALS patients, their caregivers and children. Although this story is about ALS, the message resonates with all families who live with similar challenges. The Stars That Shine is a beautiful messages about the true resiliency of children when they are validated, loved and given the space to process what is happening to them in the midst of living with an ALS parent, or any parent that becomes ill. Our young people can often be our greatest teachers in balancing our ever-changing emotions and can help us to slow down, find simple joys and gratitude for the most precious and lasting moments in life. These and other messages flow out of this book with love and smiles in spite of ALS. --Mary Paolone, MSRN Nurse Manager/Clinical Nurse Counselor MDA/ALS Center of Hope Drexel University College of Medicine Jodi O Donnell-Ames is a certified teacher, writer, massage therapist, mem-ber of Union Fire Co. and Rescue Squad and tire-less advocate for people with Lou Gehrig s Disease, or ALS (Amy-otrophic Lateral Sclerosis). She is also the founder and president of Hope Loves Company, a non-profit organization committed to helping the children and grand-children of people living with ALS. She lives with her husband, Benton, and three wonderful children in New Jersey.