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Originally published as What Lexie Did in 2018 in the United Kingdom by Chicken House.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Shevah, Emma, author.

Title: Lexie’s little lie / Emma Shevah.

Other titles: What Lexie did

Description: Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, [2019] | Originally published in the United Kingdom by Chicken House in 2018 under title: What Lexie did. | Summary: Lexie and her fragile cousin Elena are inseparable until Lexie tells a lie that splits apart her large, colorful Greek-Cypriot family.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018041052 | (hardcover : alk. paper)

Subjects: | CYAC: Honesty--Fiction. | Family life--Fiction. |

Friendship--Fiction. | Greeks--Great Britain--Fiction. | Cypriots--Great Britain--Fiction.

Classification: LCC PZ7.1.S516 Le 2019 | DDC [Fic]--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018041052