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131 titles banned · Iowa

Banned Books

101 Questions about Sex and Sexuality...With Answers for the Curious, Cautious, and Confused 101 Questions about Sex and Sexuality...With Answers for the Curious, Cautious, and Confused A Court of Frost and Starlight A Court of Frost and Starlight A Court of Mist and Fury A Court of Mist and Fury A Court of Silver Flames A Court of Silver Flames A Court of Thorns and Roses A Court of Thorns and Roses A Court of Wings and Ruin A Court of Wings and Ruin A Game of Thrones A Game of Thrones A Stolen Life A Stolen Life A Thousand Splendid Suns A Thousand Splendid Suns All the Bright Places All the Bright Places Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Ask the Passengers Ask the Passengers Bag of Bones Bag of Bones Billy Summers Billy Summers Brave New World Brave New World Burned Burned Chosen Chosen Collateral Collateral Concrete Rose Concrete Rose Crank Crank Crown of Midnight Crown of Midnight Damsel Damsel Doctor Sleep Doctor Sleep Doing It!: Let's Talk About Sex Doing It!: Let's Talk About Sex Dreamcatcher Dreamcatcher Fade Fade Fallout Fallout Fatal Tide Fatal Tide Glass Glass Go Ask Alice Go Ask Alice Grown Grown Heir of Fire Heir of Fire I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Identical Identical Impulse Impulse It It Last Night at the Telegraph Club Last Night at the Telegraph Club Life Is Funny Life Is Funny Looking for Alaska Looking for Alaska Lucky Lucky Monday's Not Coming Monday's Not Coming My Sister's Keeper My Sister's Keeper Neanderthal Opens the Door to the Universe Neanderthal Opens the Door to the Universe No one to trust No one to trust Ordinary Hazards Ordinary Hazards Oryx and Crake Oryx and Crake Paper Towns Paper Towns

About Clear Lake Community School District

Clear Lake Community School District serves the city of Clear Lake and surrounding areas of Cerro Gordo County in north-central Iowa. Like other public school systems in the state, the district maintains libraries and classroom collections that have become subject to increased scrutiny in recent years as part of a broader national trend of formal book challenges and removals in K-12 schools.

Books in Schools

This page tracks 131 distinct titles that have been reported as banned or challenged in Clear Lake Community School District. That figure places the district among the more active tracking records within Iowa, though it should be viewed alongside the fact that reporting practices and review processes vary considerably from one district to another, which can affect how many titles appear in any given count.

Much of the recent activity in Iowa school libraries follows the passage of Senate File 496 in 2023, a state law that placed new restrictions on the types of material permitted in school libraries and classrooms and required districts to review their collections for compliance. Districts across the state, including Clear Lake, have had to reassess their holdings in response to the law's requirements.

No independently verified news coverage specific to Clear Lake Community School District's book removals is currently available. As reporting develops, this page will be updated to reflect additional context and sourcing where it can be confirmed.