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Gephart, Donna.
OLIVIA BEAN, TRIVIA QUEEN
New York : Delacorte, 2012
IL 3-6, RL 5.9
ISBN 0385740522
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 Olivia has one special time of the day.  Between 7:30 and 8:00 in the evening.  It's when she sits down and watches Jeopardy.  She and her father used to watch together -- before he left, got a new family and moved to the other side of the country.  But it doesn't stop Olivia Bean, Trivia Queen from enjoying her special show.  When she learns that they are looking for contestants for Kids' Week, she just knows she has to get on the show.  For a variety of reasons.  She has always wanted to be on the show.  And it is filmed near her father's new home.  But with her mother losing her job and her father's distance and the strange behavior of her next door neighbor, Tucker, Olivia has her work cut out for her.
SUBJECTS:     Curiosities and wonders -- Fiction.
                        Jeopardy (Television program) -- Fiction.
                        Fathers -- Fiction.
                        Divorce -- Fiction.

 
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