Ning and the Night Spirits by Adriena Fong - 8/10

A fantastical story about a fear-filled young boy whose encounters with the misunderstood spirits of the woods helps him overcome his social anxiety and make friends.

Ning is so paralyzed by his fear of the unknown that he is unable to make friends and is easily overwhelmed, but when he recognizes himself in the fear of a spirit he encounters in the woods, Ning strikes up a special friendship and is eventually empowered to reach out to the other kids in his village in order to correct the misunderstanding that perpetrates fear between the humans and mystical spirits.