Lauren Adams

Lauren Adams (née Lauren Zoe Onions) is one of the principal characters in the fictional book series CHERUB by British author Robert Muchamore and the sister of James Adams, the protagonist. She works for the CHERUB organisation as a secret agent, and lives on their campus with James.

Background and early life

Lauren was born Lauren Zoe Onions in Tufnell Park, London in September 1994, when her half-brother James was two years old. Lauren's mother was Gwen Choke, who ran the largest shop-lifting empire in North London.

Gwen married Ron Onions but did not get a divorce from him, which meant he had every right to care for Lauren after Gwen died of heart failure. Lauren hated her father and she seemed to be extremely happy when he was imprisoned for 9 years for the illegal sale of tobacco and drugs which was discovered after he had been abusive to Lauren. After this incident, she was recruited by CHERUB.

Gwen had been extremely successful and earned a great deal of money from her shop-lifting business. Following her death her wealth was placed in trust accounts by CHERUB for Lauren and her brother James, who are each allowed to take out £30 a month in cash and £100 at Christmas and birthdays. Both siblings will receive several hundred thousand pounds from their trust funds when they turn 18 and come of age, after they retire from CHERUB.