Urban teenagers – Asbo kids or new Apostles? As Fran worked on ‘Seven Kings’ she was struck by how deeply religious most of the teenagers in her book were, and how this contradicted so much of the downbeat talk about religion and youth. So will the next generation be more religious than this one?
Fran Abrams has worked as the education and Westminster correspondents major daily papers. In 2002 she published ‘Below The Bread Line’ – her account of her time, commissioned by The Guardian, working as a night cleaner in The Savoy hotel. Her latest book ‘Seven Kings’ is a vivid insight into the daily life of seven average teenagers over the course of a school year.
