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Decorah Community School District

35 titles banned · Iowa

Banned Books

A Court of Mist and Fury A Court of Mist and Fury 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 Stolen Life A Stolen Life Acceptance Acceptance All Boys Aren't Blue All Boys Aren't Blue Breathless Breathless Empire of Storms Empire of Storms Forever . . . Forever . . . Gender Queer: A Memoir Gender Queer: A Memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings It Ends with Us It Ends with Us Kingdom of Ash Kingdom of Ash Know My Name Know My Name Last Night at the Telegraph Club Last Night at the Telegraph Club Lawn Boy Lawn Boy Looking for Alaska Looking for Alaska Lucky Lucky Milk and Honey Milk and Honey Nineteen Minutes Nineteen Minutes Ordinary Hazards Ordinary Hazards Out of Darkness Out of Darkness Red, White & Royal Blue Red, White & Royal Blue Regretting You Regretting You The Color Purple The Color Purple The Glass Castle The Glass Castle The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Graphic Novel) The Handmaid's Tale (Graphic Novel) The Infinite Moment of Us The Infinite Moment of Us The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Sun and Her Flowers The Sun and Her Flowers Tricks Tricks Where the Crawdads Sing Where the Crawdads Sing
I Have the Right To: A High School Survivor's Story of Sexual Assault, Justice and Hope
It Starts with Us

About Decorah Community School District

Decorah Community School District serves the city of Decorah and surrounding areas of Winneshiek County in northeastern Iowa. Like other public school systems in the state, the district maintains libraries and classroom collections that are subject to Iowa's statewide review requirements for instructional and library materials.

Books in Schools

This tracker currently lists 35 distinct titles that have been banned or challenged within Decorah Community School District. That figure places the district in the middle range compared to other Iowa districts tracked on this site, some of which report far higher or far lower counts depending on local review practices and the size of their collections.

Much of the review activity in Iowa districts, including this one, follows from Iowa Senate File 496, a 2023 law that set new statewide requirements for school library content and parental notification. Enforcement and interpretation of the law have varied from district to district, which helps explain differences in the number of titles affected across the state. No verified news coverage specific to Decorah's implementation is available at this time.