Timid: A Graphic Novel

A semiautobiographical middle-grade graphic novel about frenemies,fitting inand finding your voice. Cecil Hall and his family have just moved from Florida to Massachusettsnear Boston. Cecil is anxious about making friends because he doesn’t know where he’ll fit in. His older sisterLeahthinks he should befriend the other Black kids at his new schoolbut Cecil isn’t sure how he’d go about doing that. He wants to be known for his comics-making talentanyway. But the few kids who are impressed by Cecil’s art aren’t always nice to him. When one of his drawings is misused and gets him into serious troublecan Cecil stand up for himself and figure out who his real friends are?