Sterling and the Book of Miracles
By Pam Dabon
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Pam Dabon is a retired loan officer living in California’s Central Valley. She raised two boys that love the Lord and spends every morning in prayer encouraging her to face each day with a smile! She enjoys spending her time with family and going to the beach. She focuses on guiding and teaching the youth how precious and loved they are by their Father in heaven and reminding them ALL they have a God-given purpose.
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Sterling and the Book of Miracles - Pam Dabon
Copyright © 2019 by Pam Dabon.
Library of Congress Control Number: 2019915163
ISBN: Hardcover 978-1-7960-6235-9
Softcover 978-1-7960-6236-6
eBook 978-1-7960-6237-3
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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, names, incidents, organizations, and dialogue in this novel are either the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
Scripture quotations marked NKJV are taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved
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Rev. date: 09/27/2019
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To my Father in heaven, who inspired this story from start to finish. I give you the glory, Lord!
To both my sons, John-Paul and Nicholas, who are wonderfully talented; JP, for his much-needed words of encouragement and sound advice; and Nick, whose ideas helped create Luna’s extraordinary weapons and their remarkable abilities.
To Milane, my publishing consultant, whose kindness and prayers made this book possible. God bless you!
CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Sterling
Chapter 2 Cambridge Cottage
Chapter 3 Father’s Table
Chapter 4 The Meadow
Chapter 5 Father’s Gift
Chapter 6 Battle for the Book
Chapter 7 The Book Room
Chapter 8 Back Home
Epilogue
Scripture References
CHAPTER 1
Sterling
GettyImages-516450790.jpgM y name is Sterling. Yes, I’ve been told it’s an unusual name, especially for a girl, but it suits me. It’s different. I’m diffe rent.
I’m not what you’d call pretty, but I’m not unbecoming either; I’m just plain. I’m tall for my age and have long brown hair that I keep twisted up in a bun to keep it out of my face. I have big brown eyes that I inherited from my father; they’re emphasized by round-framed glasses that make me look owlish. My peers have noticed that, expecting me to be overly studious and to have the answers to all the teachers’ questions. Since I prefer to sit in the back of the classroom, they turn to me when a teacher asks something, hoping they’ll not be called upon. I inevitably answer the questions so they will stop gawking at me, and I hear their collective sighs of relief. I’m not a social butterfly; I pretty much keep to myself.
My mother told me that she and my father named me Sterling because of its meaning. Sterling means valuable and admirable,
Mother told me—qualities she had high hopes I would live up to. Until now, I haven’t lived up to either one. I’m what you would call a wallflower. I’m a no-nonsense girl and am painfully shy when interacting with my peers. Mother would like me to be more outgoing. Live up to your name’s potential,
she’d say. Ugh!
I’d respond under my breath.
Why couldn’t she just have named me Joan? It’s much simpler and doesn’t attract the unwanted attention that Sterling does. But then, Joan is a more common name, and as I said earlier, I like being different, although not in an attention-getting way. I learned that Joan personifies one with a deep inner need for quiet.
Yep, that’s me. I’d rather stick my nose in a book and read for hours than socialize and be rambunctious with other fourteen-year-old kids in my class. Sometimes they act too silly; sometimes I’m too serious. I hope to find a middle ground someday.
Being different has its advantages and its disadvantages. Sometimes my peers make fun of me because I don’t socialize with them. They think I’m too proud or stuck up to mingle with them, which is a common misconception about those who are shy and prefer to be quiet. The advantage is that the other kids pretty much leave me alone. I don’t snarl or argue; I just smile and walk away, which usually dumbfounds the most vocal or riotous of the bunch. They cast me off and move on to their next unsuspecting victims, who inevitably get indignant, fight back, and give these bullies great satisfaction in their ability to disrupt their day. Such childish drama. This is something I go out of my way to avoid.
I’ve learned to embrace the fact I’m not like the other kids. Being different gives me a sense of peace, knowing I don’t have to give in to peer pressure or fit in. It is who God created me to be. It’s also what drew me into an adventure I shall never forget.
39237.pngI learned that my parents are leaving on an extended trip for the summer. They announced this at dinner one evening, catching me by surprise. They never leave town. They spend their spare time, which is rare, educating themselves with new and invigorating