Review of Jonathan Todd's graphic novel 'Timid': NPR, Meet the new center grade realistic novel by Jonathan Todd, Shy. The book's brilliant cover indicates the capability of this multitude of attributes, from terrible to great, caught in one picture. A dark tween sits behind a curiously large red note pad with animation outlines dissipated across the cover. He has huge eyes and his larger than usual glasses stick out from behind the book. The remainder of his face is totally covered up, as four monster dabs of sweat bounce from his temple. He is obviously stressed and holds his book with two collapsed arms. Yet, what else occurs behind the surface? The semi-self-portraying book was composed and drawn via sketch artist and comics educator Jonathan Todd, who committed the book to 'any individual who has at any point felt alone'. Tentative follows the kid on the cover, 12-year-old Cecil Corridor. He is in 7th grade and his family is moving from Florida, where they have resided the majority of his life, to Massachusetts. All along, obviously Cecil knows precisely what his identity is and who he needs to be: a future popular illustrator. Be that as it may, it is generally difficult for him to communicate his cravings or follow up on them. It is additionally certain that others around him, mostly in light of the fact that he is so peaceful, don't necessarily in every case consider his inclinations.