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“A well-told, romantic story that resists settling into sentimentality, The Museum of Modern Love will have readers rooting for Miki to follow her own heart”

—Booklist, Starred Review

“Turk expertly shifts between the characters’ burgeoning romance and Miki’s exploration of identity…a worthwhile read for fans of YA romance.”

—School Library Journal

The Museum of Modern Love

Written by Mariko Turk
Published by Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

Tonight, inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art—somewhere between the hours of 8 PM and 5 AM—Auden Peck will fall in love with Miki Kawamura.

That’s Miki’s plan, anyway. And the plan is destiny.

See, Miki’s grandparents fell in love after accidentally being locked in the Met overnight in 1965. And now, after too many almost-confessions, hopeless romantic Miki will finally tell her best friend Auden that she loves him by retracing the path through the museum that her grandparents took that fateful night.

But destiny has other plans. For it’s not Auden who joins Miki on her midnight tour, but Lou McSweeney—the world’s most jaded cynic, and Miki’s ex. How can she possibly confess her feelings for Auden when she’s stuck sparring with this arrogant jerk? And is it possible that her original plan was not destiny’s true course after all?

Primary ISBN: 9781250421289
Publication Date: October 2026
Available As: Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook
Young Adult, Age 14 or older

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Setting: United States (New York City NY)

Character's Place in the Immigration Journey: Unknown Arrival

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