Tribute to Trivia

I just read Olivia Bean the Trivia Queen by Donna Gephart.  It is a fun book about a girl obsessed with Jeopardy who is trying to figure out her life.  Her mom and dad had divorced and when she talks to her dad on the phone, he doesn't sound interested or like he loves her anymore.  Her mom has a live-in boyfriend who tries to be friendly, but mainly annoys her (the girl, not the mom).  The story is about her trying to get on Jeopardy and what she learns about her family and friends along the way.  It is a fun read mainly because the characters feel real and there is humor sprinkled throughout.  For example, her younger brother Aurthur likes trivia too, but he focuses his fact-finding to the gross, "Did you know that the average human being makes twenty-five thousand quarts of spit in a lifetime, enough to fill two swimming pools?" 276 or "A cockroach can live without its head for a week." 265
Dig in, the book is in the hall.  :)