"The Way Life Came To Me" is a realistic story for adolescents of today. The main character Chavaun, shares her experiences through middle school, and high school. She learns a lot about her friends, her foes, herself, and life. It is the perfect book to let the adolescent community know that they are not the only one's that have these experiences. It wouldn't hurt for the parents to read either. It will help them remember, and help them to relate better with their kids. Chavaun goes from learning to deal with boys romantically, to doing without them. She learns how to be her own person. It wasn't easy and her life wasn't like the T.V. shows she watched or the books she read.