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Muscatine Community School District

26 titles banned · Iowa

Banned Books

A Court of Thorns and Roses A Court of Thorns and Roses All Boys Aren't Blue All Boys Aren't Blue Breaking Dawn Breaking Dawn Can You See Me? Can You See Me? Eclipse Eclipse It It Looking for Alaska Looking for Alaska Melissa (formerly published as GEORGE) Melissa (formerly published as GEORGE) New Moon New Moon Nineteen Minutes Nineteen Minutes Ordinary Hazards Ordinary Hazards Out of Darkness Out of Darkness Red, White & Royal Blue Red, White & Royal Blue Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda The Color Purple The Color Purple The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale The Kite Runner The Kite Runner The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Perks of Being a Wallflower Twilight Twilight
Be Loved
Naruto, Vol 1: Uzumaki Naruto
Prince and Knight
Rick
Too Bright to See
What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know
What My Mother Doesn't Know

About Muscatine Community School District

Muscatine Community School District serves the city of Muscatine and surrounding areas in Muscatine County, Iowa, along the Mississippi River in the southeastern part of the state. Like other public school systems in Iowa, the district operates elementary, middle, and high schools serving a mix of urban and rural families in the region.

Books in Schools

Tracking for Muscatine Community School District currently identifies 26 distinct titles that have been banned or challenged within the district. That figure places Muscatine in the middle tier of Iowa districts tracked on this site, with fewer flagged titles than the state's largest districts but a meaningful number relative to smaller ones. Much of the recent activity around book removals in Iowa schools follows from Senate File 496, a 2023 state law that restricts certain books and materials in school libraries and classrooms, prompting districts across the state, including Muscatine, to review and remove titles from their collections. No independently verified news coverage of Muscatine's specific removals is available at this time; this page will be updated as reporting becomes available.