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Mid-Prairie Community School District

35 titles banned · Iowa

Banned Books

Beloved Beloved Brave New World Brave New World Breathless Breathless Clockwork Angel Clockwork Angel Clockwork Princess Clockwork Princess Crank Crank Descender, Vol. 1 Descender, Vol. 1 Exit, Pursued by a Bear Exit, Pursued by a Bear Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Forever . . . Forever . . . Killing Mr. Griffin Killing Mr. Griffin Living Dead Girl Living Dead Girl Looking for Alaska Looking for Alaska My Sister's Keeper My Sister's Keeper Nineteen Minutes Nineteen Minutes Ordinary Hazards Ordinary Hazards Sold Sold Speak Speak The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian The Carnival at Bray The Carnival at Bray The Hate U Give The Hate U Give The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Perks of Being a Wallflower Their Eyes Were Watching God Their Eyes Were Watching God Water for Elephants Water for Elephants
Baseball Saved Us
Clockwork prince
Draw Me a Star
Girls Like Us
Lush
Out of the Easy
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes
The Best at It
The Facts Speak for Themselves
The Red Scrolls of Magic
The Witch Boy

About Mid-Prairie Community School District

Mid-Prairie Community School District serves students in Washington and Johnson counties in southeastern Iowa, including the communities of Wellman and Kalona. Like other public school systems in the state, the district manages a library collection across its elementary, middle, and high school buildings, and periodically reviews titles in response to challenges, complaints, or state-level requirements.

Books in Schools

This tracker currently lists 35 distinct titles that have been banned or challenged in Mid-Prairie Community School District. That figure places the district in the middle range compared to other Iowa districts tracked here, some of which report far higher counts and others considerably fewer, reflecting differences in local review processes and reporting.

Much of the recent review activity in Iowa districts, including Mid-Prairie, follows from Iowa Senate File 496 (2023), which set new statewide rules for school library content and requirements around parental notification and content deemed inappropriate for the age group served. Districts across the state have removed or restricted titles to align with the law's provisions, and Mid-Prairie's tracked list reflects that broader statewide pattern. No verified news coverage specific to this district's book removals is available at this time; this page will be updated if reporting emerges.