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Lewis Central Community School District

47 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 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 Separate Peace A Separate Peace Beloved Beloved Beyond Magenta Beyond Magenta Brave New World Brave New World Breaking Dawn Breaking Dawn Crank Crank Damsel Damsel Flamer Flamer I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter Identical Identical 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 Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Milk and Honey Milk and Honey Native Son Native Son Nineteen Minutes Nineteen Minutes Out of Darkness Out of Darkness Perfect Perfect Push Push Ready Or Not Ready Or Not Red Hood Red Hood Red, White & Royal Blue Red, White & Royal Blue Sold Sold Song of Solomon Song of Solomon The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian The Bluest Eye The Bluest Eye The Color Purple The Color Purple The Fault in Our Stars The Fault in Our Stars The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale The Hate U Give The Hate U Give The Haters The Haters The Kite Runner The Kite Runner The Nowhere Girls The Nowhere Girls The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Perks of Being a Wallflower Their Eyes Were Watching God Their Eyes Were Watching God Thirteen Reasons Why Thirteen Reasons Why This Book Is Gay This Book Is Gay Tricks Tricks Water for Elephants Water for Elephants
As I Lay Dying
Saga, Vol. 1

About Lewis Central Community School District

Lewis Central Community School District serves students in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, in the Council Bluffs area of southwestern Iowa. Like other public school systems in the state, the district operates under Iowa's education code, which in recent years has included new statewide requirements affecting school library and classroom materials.

Books in Schools

This tracker currently lists 47 distinct titles that have been banned or challenged within Lewis Central Community School District. That figure is generally modest when set against the totals recorded for some of Iowa's larger urban and suburban districts, though it still reflects a meaningful amount of review activity for a district of this size.

Much of the recent activity in Iowa districts, including this one, follows from Iowa Senate File 496, enacted in 2023, which set new statewide standards for the kinds of materials permitted in school libraries and classrooms and prompted districts across the state to reassess their collections. No verified news coverage specific to Lewis Central's book removals is available at this time; this page will be updated as reporting becomes available.