It is also notable for its use of fairly realistic criminals, having drug-dealers, arms-smugglers and animal-rights terrorists instead of the Super Villain opponents of Alex Rider and Young Bond. The series can be considered something of a deconstruction of the teenage spy series, as it takes great care to consider the repercussions of the Cherubs being teenagers, and hence not always particularly responsible. Other CHERUB agents and staff also play a major role throughout the series. The main characters are James Adams, a Jerk with a Heart of Gold and a deliberate parody of James Bond, and his more mature and responsible little sister, Lauren Adams. The organisation has been in existence since shortly after WW2, and at the time of the books, it has several hundred agents. It centres around a secret organisation, only known as CHERUB, which takes young orphans (usually not older than about twelve, depending on how young they look) and trains them to become spies. The CHERUB Series is a British series about teenage spies, in the same vein as Alex Rider and Young Bond. "For official purposes, these children do not exist."
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