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Melcher-Dallas Community School District

30 titles banned · Iowa

Banned Books

A Clash of Kings A Clash of Kings A Dance with Dragons A Dance with Dragons A Feast for Crows A Feast for Crows A Game of Thrones A Game of Thrones A Storm of Swords A Storm of Swords Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Beloved Beloved Crank Crank I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter Killing Mr. Griffin Killing Mr. Griffin Looking for Alaska Looking for Alaska Nineteen Minutes Nineteen Minutes Red, White & Royal Blue Red, White & Royal Blue Sold Sold The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian The Color Purple The Color Purple The Fault in Our Stars The Fault in Our Stars The Hate U Give The Hate U Give The Kite Runner The Kite Runner The Tenth Circle The Tenth Circle Thirteen Reasons Why Thirteen Reasons Why Water for Elephants Water for Elephants
Feed
Friday Night Lights
Gone Girl
Gossip Girl: A Novel by Cecily von Ziegesar
If I Was Your Girl
Salvage the Bones
The Swallows
The Windup Girl

About Melcher-Dallas Community School District

Melcher-Dallas Community School District is a small, rural public school district in south-central Iowa, serving the communities of Melcher-Dallas and the surrounding area of Marion County. Like many rural Iowa districts, it operates on a modest scale compared to the state's larger metro-area systems, with a single set of school buildings serving students across grade levels.

Books in Schools

This tracker currently lists 30 distinct titles that have been banned or challenged in connection with Melcher-Dallas Community School District. That figure places the district on the smaller end relative to some of Iowa's larger districts, where title counts tracked on this site run considerably higher, though it is broadly in line with what has been recorded for other rural districts of similar size across the state.

Much of the recent review activity in Iowa school libraries follows from Senate File 496, a 2023 state law that placed new restrictions on the age-appropriateness of library materials and required districts to review their collections accordingly. As with many smaller districts, no verified news coverage specific to Melcher-Dallas's book removals has been identified at this time; the record here reflects the titles tracked through district and state reporting channels rather than independent media accounts.