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65 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 High Five for Glenn Burke A High Five for Glenn Burke A Stolen Life A Stolen Life All Boys Aren't Blue All Boys Aren't Blue Archenemy Archenemy Brave Face Brave Face Empire of Storms Empire of Storms Forever . . . Forever . . . Forrest Gump Forrest Gump Frankie and Bug Frankie and Bug Frequently Asked Questions About Same-Sex Marriage and When a Parent Is Gay Frequently Asked Questions About Same-Sex Marriage and When a Parent Is Gay Lily and Dunkin Lily and Dunkin Melissa (formerly published as GEORGE) Melissa (formerly published as GEORGE) My Life as a Diamond My Life as a Diamond Pet Pet So This Is Ever After So This Is Ever After Sold Sold The Bluest Eye The Bluest Eye The Color Purple The Color Purple The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale The Infinite Moment of Us The Infinite Moment of Us The Kite Runner The Kite Runner Tilt Tilt Water for Elephants Water for Elephants Where the Crawdads Sing Where the Crawdads Sing Wicked Wicked
Almost Flying
Ana on the Edge
Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen
Fourth Wing
Gay and Lesbian Parents
Gender Equality
Gracefully Grayson
In the Key of Us
Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World
Marco impossible
Memoirs of a Geisha
Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress
My Moms Love Me
Obie Is Man Enough
One Life
Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag
Rainbow Revolutionaries: Fifty LGBTQ+ People Who Made History
Rick

About Norwalk Community School District

Norwalk Community School District serves the city of Norwalk and surrounding areas in Warren County, Iowa, just south of Des Moines. Like other public school systems in the state, the district maintains school libraries and classroom collections across its elementary, middle, and high school buildings, and is subject to Iowa's statewide requirements governing instructional materials.

Books in Schools

This page tracks 65 distinct titles that have been reported as banned or challenged within Norwalk Community School District. That figure places the district in the middle range compared to other Iowa districts tracked on this site, some of which report far fewer titles and others considerably more. A significant share of the removals and reviews recorded across Iowa districts followed the enactment of Iowa Senate File 496 in 2023, which set new restrictions on school library and classroom materials and prompted many districts statewide to reassess their collections. No verified news coverage specific to Norwalk's book removals has been identified at this time; this page will be updated as reporting becomes available.