Amanda Lester and the Pink Sugar Conspiracy

Name: Amanda Lester and the Pink Sugar Conspiracy
Rating: 3.333 (3 reviews)
ISBN: 9781942361060

By Paula Berinstein

Publisher Description

A reluctant detective, a criminal mastermind, and . . . sugar?

Amanda Lester wouldn't be caught dead going into the family business. Her ancestor, Sherlock Holmes's colleague Inspector G. Lestrade, is a twit. Nevertheless her parents refuse to see his flaws, and she's going to a secret English school for the descendants of famous detectives whether she likes it or not.

When Amanda arrives at the dreaded school, she considers running away—until she and her new friends discover blood and weird pink substances in odd places. At first they're not sure whether these oddities mean anything, but when Amanda's father disappears and the cook is found dead with her head in a bag of sugar, they're certain that crimes are taking place.

Now Amanda must embrace her destiny and uncover the truth. The only snag is that arch-villain Blixus Moriarty, a descendant of Holmes's nemesis Professor James Moriarty, might be involved, and he doesn't like nosy little girls interfering in his business.

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Amanda Lester and the Pink Sugar Conspiracy Reviews

3.0

Tammy

Created 11 months ago

CheyAnn🪓🏕🌊

Created almost 4 years ago

“Amanda Lester and the Pink Sugar Conspiracy: I stopped reading this book at Page 29. I couldn't stand Amanda, all she ever did was complain about every little thing. The first sentence was her complaining. "Amanda Lester was so tired of hearing about the great Sherlock Holmes she could scream. Mr. La-di-da boring detective, whoop-de-doo". Sherlock Holmes is not boring?? She acts like her life is so unfair. She literally gets to go to detective school, why would you complain about that I would love to go to detective school. I understand that she wants to make films but c'mon girl quit being rude all the time. The thing I don't get is why she complains because her friend called her fat. She was upset (this time she was a right to be complaining) but then a couple pages later she's comparing some guy to a whale. why would you call someone else fat if you don't like being called fat? She acts like she's way older than 12. She receives a letter that she was accepted to the detective school, she gets angry about that and throws a hissy fit and screams at her mother. "She’d screamed, threatened, and cajoled, and finally they had dropped the idea—she’d thought. So why was this letter here now?" Why is a 12 year old threatening her parents. She is so dramatic. “You can’t do this to me!” screamed Amanda. This was the worst news ever—far worse than the time Billy Banana had pulled her skirt up at recess in the first grade. “I don’t want to go to that filthy old school. I want to stay here and make movies.” I also don't think it's appropriate that the author wrote the part about her being harassed by a boy. Little girls don't need to read about a girl getting he dress pulled up by a boy. Amanda gets even worse when she is at the school. She gets angry that she was chosen to be in Holmes House (house thing sounds so familiar the author is obsessed with J.K. Rowling, she mentioned this in a q&a in the back of the book) she yells out she doesn't want to be in the Holmes House. This girl is so dramatic about everything. When she unpacks her clothes she finds a couple of books her mother packs for her. "Her mother had hidden several of the books she’d written in her luggage. Amanda was so furious that she picked up the top one and threw it across the room, where it hit a wall and fell down behind a dresser. How could she?" (How could you throw a book? she has no respect for anything.) "She had no right, no right to invade her privacy and try to propagandize her with that detective junk. She threw the other two books under the bed and practically ripped the rest of her clothes out of the trunk." Amanda is very rude to everyone she meets. When she first meets her roommate she mentions that the girl is blind and she think who ever heard of a blind detective? After Amanda threw the books and was rude to ivy I gave up on the book. The author wrote 9 books about her. Who could even stand writing about her?? The author mentions that her test readers didn't like how Amanda was, "I ended up making her less angry and her parents less overbearing." Amanda is still a very angry girl. I feel bad for the people who had to read this book for the author because I'd hate to see what the other drafts looked like. I would not recommend this book to anyone to read. Read Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys instead.”

Saundra Wright

Created about 6 years ago

“Move over Nancy Drew because Amanda Lester brings a whole new era of modern fun to the genre. Currently academy series are very popular. Harry Potter may have started the trend but it still seems to be going strong all these years later. Now is the best time to enjoy Paula Berinstein’s Amanda Lester series! Amanda Lester is descended from Lestrade of Sherlock Holmes fame. She has heard so much from her parents about her famous ancestor that now she automatically hates everything to do with Lestrade, Holmes or detectives. Her mother writes mystery novels. Her father is a prosecutor and they are determined to turn Amanda into a detective. All she cares about is filmmaking. Her parents are less than supportive. They pull her from school, mid-year to move to England where they have enrolled Amanda in a secret detective academy. Will the school be able to win her over? Or will she continue her hate/hate relationship with all things mystery? I was gifted a copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.”