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Chad Morris

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Young Adult, Children's, Contemporary

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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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Average rating: 4.23 · 11,674 ratings · 1,999 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	Mustaches for Maddie by Chad Morris (Goodreads Author), Shelly Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 3,062 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 — 2,496 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) 4.18 avg rating — 2,175 ratings — published 2018 — 10 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 — 1,113 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 — 1,007 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 — 560 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 — 564 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 — 322 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) 4.14 avg rating — 125 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 Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly (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 Last Dragon on Mars (The Dragonships #1) by Scott Reintgen (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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We have read a lot of great literature this year, but have we missed your favorite?

What book should we read in November?

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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%

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