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Knoxville Community School District

28 titles banned · Iowa

Banned Books

Beloved Beloved Burned Burned Crank Crank Crown of Midnight Crown of Midnight Empire of Storms Empire of Storms Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Fallout Fallout Glass Glass Go Ask Alice Go Ask Alice Heir of Fire Heir of Fire Kingdom of Ash Kingdom of Ash Living Dead Girl Living Dead Girl Looking for Alaska Looking for Alaska Lucky Lucky Native Son Native Son Nineteen Minutes Nineteen Minutes People Kill People People Kill People Perfect Perfect Push Push Queen of Shadows Queen of Shadows Rumble Rumble The Almost Moon The Almost Moon The Assassin's Blade The Assassin's Blade The Bluest Eye The Bluest Eye The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Perks of Being a Wallflower Throne of Glass Throne of Glass Tower of Dawn Tower of Dawn

About Knoxville Community School District

Knoxville Community School District serves the city of Knoxville and surrounding areas in Marion County, in south-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 28 distinct titles that have been challenged or removed from Knoxville Community School District's libraries and classrooms. That figure is in line with, or somewhat below, the counts reported for many other Iowa districts in this tracker, several of which have logged higher totals as their collections have gone through 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 Knoxville 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 Knoxville's specific removals is available at this time; this page will be updated as reporting becomes available.