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Sarah Arthur

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Literature & Fiction, Young Adult, Religion & Spirituality

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Sarah Arthur is a fun-loving speaker, Christy Award finalist, and author of numerous books for teens and adults, including the bestselling ONCE A QUEEN, the first in her acclaimed Carrick Hall Novels. Among other nerdy adventures, she has served as preliminary fiction judge for Christianity Today’s Book Awards, was a founding board member of the annual C. S. Lewis Festival in northern Michigan, and co-directs the Madeleine L’Engle Writing Retreats. She lives in Lansing, Michigan with her husband and two preteen sons.

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Average rating: 4.01 · 4,236 ratings · 845 reviews · 24 distinct works • Similar authors

	Once a Queen (Carrick Hall, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 1,057 ratings — published 2024 — 3 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 So Lovely: The Spiritual Legacy of Madeleine L'Engle, Author of A Wrinkle in Time 4.10 avg rating — 846 ratings — published 2018 — 7 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
	Walking With Frodo: A Devotional Journey Through the Lord of the Rings 4.09 avg rating — 651 ratings — published 2003 — 7 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
	Walking with Bilbo: A Devotional Adventure through the Hobbit 4.08 avg rating — 352 ratings — published 2005 — 5 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 Year of Small Things: Radical Faith for the Rest of Us by Sarah Arthur (Goodreads Author), Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Erin F. Wasinger (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 275 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Light Upon Light: A Literary Guide to Prayer for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany 4.32 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 2014 — 3 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
	At the Still Point: A Literary Guide to Prayer in Ordinary Time 4.42 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2011 — 6 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
	Dating Mr. Darcy 3.58 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 2005 — 3 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
	Between Midnight and Dawn: A Literary Guide to Prayer for Lent, Holy Week, and Eastertide 4.49 avg rating — 128 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Walking through the Wardrobe: A Devotional Quest into The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe 4.13 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 2005 — 3 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

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Announcing my debut fiction, coming summer 2023!

HERE IT IS, FRIENDS! The moment you’ve all been waiting for.

After 22 years in nonfiction, I’m now doing what I love best: writing portal fantasy for geeky 14-year-old me (eep!!). Get ready for ONCE A QUEEN, the first in a YA series, coming summer of 2023 from WaterBrook & Multnomah, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Books #2 and #3 will follow annually thereafter…and who knows after that?

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Sarah and 3 other people liked Lauren's review of Once a Queen (Carrick Hall, #1): "Wow, I just loved this. It felt fluffy and fun at the start, but grew in depth without lacking in whimsy as it moved along. I took my time with it because I really felt like I wished it could last all summer long. "
Nov 27, 2024 06:13PM · see review
Sarah and 3 other people liked Elena's review of Once a Queen (Carrick Hall, #1): "I received the ARC for this book through NetGalley. When I was a kid, I read the Narnia books, and like many girls, wondered what happened to Susan - would she ever return to Narnia after she stopped believing in it? CS Lewis even said the door was op" Read more of this review »
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Sarah rated a book it was amazing Once a Queen (Carrick Hall, #1) by Sarah Arthur (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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Sarah and 7 other people liked Carrie Schmidt's review of Once a Queen (Carrick Hall, #1): "4.5 stars “What we thought was the final chapter is merely the prologue. Think of all the chapters you have yet to tell…” I don’t normally read fantasy but I am a sucker for well-written stories and if they give off Narniaesque vibes, all the more so." Read more of this review »
Nov 27, 2024 06:10PM · see review
Sarah and 7 other people liked Melody Schwarting's review of Once a Queen (Carrick Hall, #1): "Another world, a family broken by secrets, a scholarly question...Once a Queen felt like it was written just for my adolescent self and I'm so glad Arthur published this book. Plus, look at the cover! Gorgeous. The symbols and material objects Arthur" Read more of this review »
Nov 27, 2024 06:09PM · see review
Sarah rated a book it was amazing Once a Castle (Carrick Hall, #2) by Sarah Arthur (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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Sarah rated a book it was amazing Dress Codes for Small Towns by Courtney C. Stevens (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
I once heard Newbery author Katherine Paterson (Bridge to Terabithia) tell an auditorium full of readers & writers, "I want to be a spy for hope." It's since become my mantra: not only as a writer but also as a reader, parent, & children/youth minist ...more
Oct 31, 2024 10:34AM · 2 likes · like · see review
Sarah made a comment on Gina Dalfonzo’s review of Once a Queen " Oh, Gina, I'm so honored and humbled by your beautiful review! Will be sharing it widely! ...more "
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Sarah rated a book it was amazing A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel by Hope Larson	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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Sarah rated a book it was amazing Horses of Fire by A.D. Rhine	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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“If only life were more on the scale of Orlando Bloom taking down the giant Oliphaunt in The Return of the King rather than the usual, tedious mall-crawl with the Abercrombie crowd! We often wish the daily grind held a greater resemblance to all those fantasy worlds we’ve come to love, don’t we? In our more desperate moments, we’re tempted to walk smack into pillars at subway stations, just to see if we end up at Platform Nine and Three-Quarters. And which of us, at some point in our not-so-distant childhood (yes, let’s be honest!), hasn’t pushed aside the coats in a closet, hoping to find an entrance to another world?”
― Sarah Arthur, Walking through the Wardrobe: A Devotional Quest into The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe

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“And that’s what we’re truly longing for. On those weekends when we’re suddenly gripped with the urge to watch all three extended editions of The Lord of the Rings, what we really want, deep down inside (besides therapy), is the assurance that there is a realm someplace where evil has been conquered once and for all.”
― Sarah Arthur, Walking through the Wardrobe: A Devotional Quest into The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe

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“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; which means that if the rest of us want to get close to God, we seek them out-not because of what we could possible offer them, as if we're the spiritual first responders on the scene to save the day, but because we recognize how much they have to teach us about who God really is." -Quoted by Sarah Arthur, Author of The One Year Daily Grind.”
― Sarah Arthur, The One Year Daily Grind

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