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Timid: A Graphic Novel Cover:Paperback all while training for aA semiautobiographical middle grade graphic novel about frenemies, fitting in, and finding your voice. Cecil Hall and his family have just moved from Florida to Massachusetts, near Boston. Cecil is anxious about making friends because he doesn't know where he'll fit in. His older sister, Leah, thinks he should befriend the other black kids at his new school, but Cecil isn't sure how hed go about doing that. He wants to be known for his comics making