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Ottumwa Community School District

30 titles banned · Iowa

Banned Books

1984 1984 A Court of Mist and Fury A Court of Mist and Fury A Court of Wings and Ruin A Court of Wings and Ruin Beloved Beloved Brave New World Brave New World Breaking Dawn Breaking Dawn Breathless Breathless Crank Crank Damsel Damsel I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter Identical Identical Lawn Boy Lawn Boy Looking for Alaska Looking for Alaska Lucky Lucky Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Nineteen Minutes Nineteen Minutes Out of Darkness Out of Darkness Perfect Perfect Sold Sold 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 Female of the Species The Female of the Species 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 Thirteen Reasons Why Thirteen Reasons Why Tricks Tricks Water for Elephants Water for Elephants What Girls Are Made Of What Girls Are Made Of

About Ottumwa Community School District

Ottumwa Community School District is a public school system serving the city of Ottumwa and surrounding areas in Wapello County, in southeastern Iowa. Like other Iowa districts, it operates a mix of elementary, middle, and high schools under locally elected board governance and state academic standards.

Books in Schools

This tracker currently lists 30 distinct titles that have been banned or challenged within Ottumwa Community School District, a total that places it among the more moderately affected districts tracked in Iowa rather than at the extreme end of the state's activity. Much of the recent review activity in Iowa school libraries follows from Senate File 496, a 2023 state law that restricted certain library materials and instructional content in K-12 schools, prompting districts statewide to reassess their collections. As with many Iowa districts, no verified news coverage specific to Ottumwa's book removals is available at this time; this page will be updated as reporting emerges.