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Chad’s Year In Books

Chad’s 2025 Year in Books

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2026 Reading Challenge

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Chad Morris

Goodreads Author

Born

in The United States

Website

http://chadmorrisauthor.com

Twitter

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Genre

Young Adult, Children's, Contemporary

Influences

Lloyd Alexander, C.S. Lewis, Brandon Mull, Brandon Sanderson, Jennifer ...more

Member Since

October 2008

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Chad Morris coauthored The Wild Journey of Juniper Berry, Virtually Me, Mustaches for Maddie, Squint, and Willa and the Whale, with his wife, Shelly Brown. He is also the author of the Cragbridge Hall series (The Inventor's Secret, The Avatar Battle, and The Impossible Race). He has won the Utah Book Award, the Buckeye Award, and the Nebraska Book Award, and the Silver Foreword INDIES award for Juvenile fiction. Chad also wrote one of the short stories in True Heroes: A Treasury of Modern-day Fairy Tales Written by Best-selling Authors. His story was based on JP Gibson, an amazing boy who faced cancer with courage, heart, and a basketball dream.

Chad grew up wanting to become a professional basketball player or a rock star. (Inspired by Ani ...more

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Chad Morris’s books

Average rating: 4.23 · 11,538 ratings · 1,977 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	Mustaches for Maddie by Chad Morris (Goodreads Author), Shelly Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 3,029 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	The Inventor's Secret (Cragbridge Hall, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 2,490 ratings — published 2013 — 13 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
	Squint by Chad Morris (Goodreads Author), Shelly Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 2,151 ratings — published 2018 — 11 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 Avatar Battle (Cragbridge Hall, #2) 4.27 avg rating — 1,112 ratings — published 2014 — 8 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 Wild Journey of Juniper Berry by Chad Morris (Goodreads Author), Shelly Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 966 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	The Impossible Race (Cragbridge Hall, #3) 4.33 avg rating — 559 ratings — published 2015 — 13 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
	Willa and the Whale by Chad Morris (Goodreads Author), Shelly Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 556 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Virtually Me by Chad Morris (Goodreads Author), Shelly Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 313 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	The Playmakers by Chad Morris (Goodreads Author), Shelly Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	CRAGBRIDGE HALL Series Books 1-3 CD Audiobooks 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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Chad rated a book it was amazing The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1) by Dan Gemeinhart (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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Chad rated a book it was amazing The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh (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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Chad rated a book it was amazing All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) by Martha Wells (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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Chad rated a book it was amazing The Next Millionaire Next Door: Enduring Strategies for Building Wealth by Thomas J. Stanley	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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Chad rated a book really liked it Houdini and Me by Dan Gutman	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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Chad rated a book it was amazing The Amazing Generation: Your Guide to Fun and Freedom in a Screen-Filled World by Jonathan Haidt	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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Chad rated a book it was amazing Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley (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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Chad rated a book it was amazing The Trouble with Heroes by Kate Messner (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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Chad rated a book it was amazing Forbidden Mountain (Guardians #1) by Brandon Mull (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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Chad rated a book it was amazing Dragonborn (Dragonborn, #1) by Struan Murray (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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“Well I give you an A,” Carol said. “A+++ . . . and some extra credit . . . and some cookies. But I guess here they’d have to be virtual cookies and they wouldn’t be nearly as cool. Except—if they were virtual, you could taste them, but not actually gain the calories. Oh, that would be genius.”
― Chad Morris, The Impossible Race: Cragbridge Hall, Volume 3

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“we need tragedies. They teach us. We learn from them. Without tragedies, our hearts do not commit to avoid future ones. Without tragedies, many of our hearts would not turn to others, open up to them. And without tragedies, we do not have heroes, for they are not formed without great conflicts.”
― Chad Morris, The Avatar Battle

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“If you ever try to explode tranquilizer bombs on innocent people again,” Derick said, “you can fully expect someone to appear out of nowhere and shoot your evil backside.” Derick shot again and stepped backward, mysteriously disappearing.”
― Chad Morris, The Impossible Race: Cragbridge Hall, Volume 3

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Polls

We have read a lot of great literature this year, but have we missed your favorite?

What book should we read in November?

Please vote/write in your choice for the book of the month.

We only have two months before the 2018 awards!

Auma's Long Run by Eucabeth A. Odhiambo

10 votes 15.9%

Lemons by Melissa Savage

10 votes 15.9%

Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar (write-in)

10 votes 15.9%

A Crack in the Sea by H.M. Bouwman

9 votes 14.3%

Swing it, Sunny by Jennifer L. Holm

5 votes 7.9%

Restart by Gordon Korman (write-in)

5 votes 7.9%

Mustaches for Maddie by Chad Morris

4 votes 6.3%

Skeleton Tree by Kim Ventrella

4 votes 6.3%

One Amazing Elephant by Linda Oatman High

The Unicorn in the Barn by Jacqueline K. Ogburn One Amazing Elephant Linda Oatman High

4 votes 6.3%

The Someday Birds by Sally J Pla (write-in)

1 vote 1.6%

Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner (write-in)

1 vote 1.6%

63 total votes

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