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Shenandoah Community School District

80 titles banned · Iowa

Banned Books

1984 1984 A Court of Mist and Fury A Court of Mist and Fury 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 Visit from the Goon Squad A Visit from the Goon Squad A Yellow Raft in Blue Water A Yellow Raft in Blue Water Before I Die Before I Die Beloved Beloved Brave New World Brave New World Breathless Breathless Collateral Collateral Crank Crank Eleanor & Park Eleanor & Park Empire of Storms Empire of Storms Everything, Everything Everything, Everything Fallout Fallout Gabi, a Girl in Pieces Gabi, a Girl in Pieces Go Ask Alice Go Ask Alice It It Kingdom of Ash Kingdom of Ash Looking for Alaska Looking for Alaska Lucky Lucky Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Native Son Native Son Nineteen Minutes Nineteen Minutes Oryx and Crake Oryx and Crake Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five Sold Sold Song of Solomon Song of Solomon Speak Speak 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 Hate U Give The Hate U Give The Infinite Moment of Us The Infinite Moment of Us The Kite Runner The Kite Runner The Lovely Bones The Lovely Bones The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Perks of Being a Wallflower Thirteen Reasons Why Thirteen Reasons Why Tilt Tilt Where the Crawdads Sing Where the Crawdads Sing
A Thousand Acres
Asking For It
Beyond the Chocolate War
Chinese Handcuffs
Clap When You Land

About Shenandoah Community School District

Shenandoah Community School District serves students in Page County in southwest Iowa. Like other public school systems in the state, the district's libraries and classrooms have become part of a broader statewide conversation over which books belong on school shelves.

Books in Schools

This page tracks 80 distinct titles that have been reported as banned or challenged in Shenandoah Community School District, a level of activity that places it among the more active Iowa districts in this dataset, though still below the state's highest-volume districts. Much of the recent activity in Iowa stems from Senate File 496, a 2023 law that restricts certain library materials and instructional content in public schools and prompted widespread review and removal of titles across the state. Coverage of book removals specific to this district has not yet been independently verified; check back as reporting develops.