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Carrie Brownell

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Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction

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February 2014

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Carrie lives in N. Idaho with her husband and five children. She loves books and travel most of all and is more than unusually obsessed with the royal family. She loves dabbling in words, but writes very bad biographical sketches of herself.

Her favorite genre is Middle Grade fiction and she is the author of two pieces of the same: Island of Stars & A Light at the End of the Woods. She has also written a short, fully-illustrated Christmas story, The Golden Hour.

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Average rating: 4.41 · 169 ratings · 81 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	Island of Stars by Carrie Brownell (Goodreads Author), Joe Hox (illustrator) 4.40 avg rating — 106 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Light at the End of the Woods by Carrie Brownell (Goodreads Author), Joe Hox (Illustrator) 4.26 avg rating — 39 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Golden Hour by Carrie Brownell (Goodreads Author), Hannah Hill (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anne of Green Gables: A Christian Readers' Guide by Carrie Brownell (Goodreads Author), Charity Spencer (Narrator ) 4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anne of Green Gables with A Christian Readers' Guide: Two Books in One! by L.M. Montgomery, Sandra Churchill (Narrator), Charity Spencer (Narrator) did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Carrie Brownell did not finish Arthurian Myths by Jake Jackson (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Carrie Brownell rated a book it was amazing The Attributes of God: A Journey Into the Father's Heart (The Attributes of God, #1) by A.W. Tozer	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This was a good, encouraging and insightful listen. (I listened on Audiobook.) Hadn't read Tozer in awhile and I definitely do not agree with him on everything. Some parts I just sort of breezed along through but it was overall a good reminder of the ...more
Jul 24, 2026 02:50PM · 6 likes · like · see review
Carrie Brownell wants to read Fearfully and Wonderfully Broken: Fighting for Faith When You're Falling Apart by Sydney Anne Bennett	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Carrie Brownell rated a book it was amazing Four Girls on a Homestead (Local History Paper 3) by Carol Ryrie Brink	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Quick and SO fun! Found this at a local historical site and snatched it off the shelf. I love Carol Ryrie Brink and this book tells the story of the way she spent her summer when she was 15. Short, sweet, adventurous fun. If you can find it, nab it!
Jul 22, 2026 09:32PM · 3 likes · like · see review
Carrie Brownell has read The Train to Impossible Places (The Train to Impossible Places, #1) by P.G. Bell (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Oops. I read this book in May of this year and forgot to mark it down on my Goodreads. Don't want to mess up my challenge numbers. ;) I thought it was cute, an interesting idea but it didn't completely grab hold of me and make me love it. I passed it ...more
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Carrie Brownell rated a book it was amazing Beowulf, Dragon Slayer (A Puffin Book) by Rosemary Sutcliff	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Today I had a moment to read, so I picked a short book from my daughter's school reading list this next year. Confession time: although my older three children have all read Beowulf, I have not. I'm loosely familiar with the story, but I have never t ...more
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