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Gilbert Community School District

26 titles banned · Iowa

Banned Books

Beyond Magenta Beyond Magenta Boy Toy Boy Toy Crank Crank Empire of Storms Empire of Storms Everything, Everything Everything, Everything Flamer Flamer Identical Identical l8r, g8r l8r, g8r Living Dead Girl Living Dead Girl Nineteen Minutes Nineteen Minutes Out of Darkness Out of Darkness Perfect Perfect Rainbow boys Rainbow boys Sold Sold The DUFF The DUFF The Female of the Species The Female of the Species The Hate U Give The Hate U Give The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Perks of Being a Wallflower Tower of Dawn Tower of Dawn Tricks Tricks Water for Elephants Water for Elephants What Girls Are Made Of What Girls Are Made Of Wicked Wicked
Furyborn
The Nerdy and the Dirty
Yolk

About Gilbert Community School District

Gilbert Community School District is a small public school system serving the town of Gilbert and surrounding areas of Story County, Iowa, located just north of Ames. Like other Iowa districts, it operates under statewide guidelines governing school library collections and instructional materials.

Books in Schools

This page tracks 26 distinct titles that have been identified as banned or challenged within Gilbert Community School District. That figure places the district on the smaller end of the tracking effort compared to Iowa's larger districts, which have logged challenges to substantially larger numbers of titles, reflecting Gilbert's smaller enrollment and library footprint.

Much of the review activity behind these figures traces back to Iowa Senate File 496, a 2023 law that placed new restrictions on school library materials and instructional content statewide, prompting districts across Iowa, including Gilbert, to reassess their collections. No verified news coverage specific to Gilbert's implementation has been identified at this time; this page will be updated as further documentation becomes available.