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Chad’s Year In Books

Chad’s 2025 Year in Books

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Chad Morris

Goodreads Author

Born

in The United States

Website

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Genre

Young Adult, Children's, Contemporary

Influences

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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 · 11,428 ratings · 1,963 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	Mustaches for Maddie by Chad Morris (Goodreads Author), Shelly Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 3,000 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 — 2,482 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 — 2,131 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 — 1,110 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) 4.23 avg rating — 936 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 — 557 ratings — published 2015 — 14 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 — 552 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) 4.16 avg rating — 308 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) 4.23 avg rating — 100 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 Forbidden Mountain (Guardians) 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 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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Chad rated a book it was amazing Magnitude by Jennifer A. Nielsen (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 Spy Sisters Versus Snake Ten-Fangs (Spy Sisters, #1) by Alan Markham	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 Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) by Pierce Brown (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 Artemis by Andy Weir (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 Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are by Rebecca Boyle (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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Quotes by Chad Morris (?)

“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

What book should we read in December?

It's our last reading month before the awards!

We have read a lot of fantastic books this year, but did we miss your favorite 2019 Newbery Contender? Please "write in" your choice for the December book of the month.

Louisiana's Way Home by Kate DiCamillo

46 votes 32.9%

The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden

18 votes 12.9%

The Length of a String by Elissa Brent Weissman

16 votes 11.4%

Sweep by Jonathan Auxier (write-in)

14 votes 10.0%

Squint by Chad Morris

7 votes 5.0%

The Unforgettable Guinevere St. Clair by Amy Makechnie

6 votes 4.3%

The Book of Boy (write-in)

6 votes 4.3%

The Season of Styx Malone (write-in)

6 votes 4.3%

Hope in the Holler by Lisa Lewis Tyre (write-in)

5 votes 3.6%

The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacey McAnulty

5 votes 3.6%

The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden (write-in)

3 votes 2.1%

Fox Girl and White Gazelle by Victoria Williamson (write-in)

2 votes 1.4%

Louisiana's Way Home is amazing! I really liked Sweep too. (write-in)

2 votes 1.4%

Squint (write-in)

1 vote 0.7%

squint (write-in)

1 vote 0.7%

Unforgettable Guinever St. Clair (write-in)

1 vote 0.7%

Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome (write-in)

1 vote 0.7%

Louisiana’s Way Home (write-in)

0 votes 0.0%

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