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Dubuque Community School District

50 titles banned · Iowa

Banned Books

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 Thorns and Roses A Court of Thorns and Roses A Court of Wings and Ruin A Court of Wings and Ruin Beloved Beloved Breathless Breathless Damsel Damsel Empire of Storms Empire of Storms Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Flamer Flamer Gender Queer: A Memoir Gender Queer: A Memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Impulse Impulse 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 Lucky Lucky Milk and Honey Milk and Honey Native Son Native Son Nineteen Minutes Nineteen Minutes Out of Darkness Out of Darkness Push Push Red Hood Red Hood Red, White & Royal Blue Red, White & Royal Blue Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five Sold Sold The Bluest Eye The Bluest Eye The Color Purple The Color Purple The Female of the Species The Female of the Species The Glass Castle The Glass Castle The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale The Haters The Haters 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 Thirteen Reasons Why Thirteen Reasons Why Tower of Dawn Tower of Dawn What Girls Are Made Of What Girls Are Made Of Wicked Wicked
Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard
Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World
Jacob's Room to Choose
My Maddy
One true way
Sewing the Rainbow: A Story About Gilbert Baker
The Breakaways
This Day in June
Totally Joe

About Dubuque Community School District

Dubuque Community School District is the public school system serving the city of Dubuque, Iowa, in the northeastern part of the state along the Mississippi River. Like other Iowa districts, it operates a mix of elementary, middle, and high schools, with library and curriculum decisions typically made through a combination of building-level staff, district administration, and school board policy.

Books in Schools

This tracker currently lists 50 distinct titles that have been banned or challenged in Dubuque Community School District, a volume that places it among the more active Iowa districts represented in this dataset, though smaller than the state's largest counts. Much of the recent review activity in Iowa school libraries follows from Senate File 496, a 2023 state law that restricts certain library materials in schools and requires districts to review collections for compliance. As with many districts, removals and restrictions here have often been tied to implementing that law rather than to isolated local disputes. No independently verified news coverage of specific challenges in this district is currently linked on this page; this entry will be updated as reporting becomes available.