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Ankeny Community School District

42 titles banned · Iowa

Banned Books

A Stolen Life A Stolen Life All Boys Aren't Blue All Boys Aren't Blue Beautiful Beautiful Crank Crank Emergency contact Emergency contact Empire of Storms Empire of Storms Forever . . . Forever . . . Grown Grown I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings It It Kingdom of Ash Kingdom of Ash Last Night at the Telegraph Club Last Night at the Telegraph Club Like a Love Story Like a Love Story Looking for Alaska Looking for Alaska Nineteen Minutes Nineteen Minutes People Kill People People Kill People Perfect Perfect Red, White & Royal Blue Red, White & Royal Blue Sold Sold Song of Solomon Song of Solomon The Bluest Eye The Bluest Eye The Color Purple The Color Purple The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale The Infinite Moment of Us The Infinite Moment of Us The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Perks of Being a Wallflower Thirteen Reasons Why Thirteen Reasons Why This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story Tilt Tilt Tower of Dawn Tower of Dawn Water for Elephants Water for Elephants
America
Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith and Family
I'm Glad My Mom Died
Leverage
Stardust
The Burn Journals
The Cellar
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Uprooted
Yolk
Zahra's Paradise

About Ankeny Community School District

Ankeny Community School District serves the city of Ankeny and surrounding areas in Polk County, in the Des Moines metropolitan area of central Iowa. Like other public school systems in the state, the district maintains school libraries and classroom collections that fall under Iowa's statewide requirements for age-appropriate materials, and its book challenge and removal activity reflects both local review processes and the broader legal environment now governing Iowa schools.

Books in Schools

This page tracks 42 distinct titles that have been challenged or removed from Ankeny Community School District's libraries and classrooms. That figure places Ankeny among the more active Iowa districts in this tracker, though a number of other districts in the state report comparable or higher counts as their libraries have undergone similar review.

Much of this activity coincides with the passage of Iowa Senate File 496 in 2023, which imposed new restrictions on the kinds of materials that may be included in school library collections and required districts statewide to review their holdings for compliance. As with many Iowa districts, the resulting removals in Ankeny reflect a mix of direct challenges from parents or community members and proactive audits undertaken to align with the law. No verified news coverage of Ankeny's specific removals is available at this time; this page will be updated as reporting becomes available.