No Friends X Allies

This is the story of a 16-year-old teen living in America and he's in his junior year in high school. Meet Jalen Bernard. He's the most intelligent student in the school and maybe in the city. He though is smart but lacks social skills. He has the curses of the past of bullying, trauma, and violence. He wants to escape the past and start a new life in his last two years of high school.
Will Jalen make friends? Will he graduate with at least a few friends? H
Our goal for this book/story is to live the connections
You never know what happens