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Spencer Community School District

53 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 Blended Blended Brave New World Brave New World Crank Crank Drama: a Graphic Novel Drama: a Graphic Novel Eleanor & Park Eleanor & Park Friday Night Lights Friday Night Lights I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Identical Identical Killing Mr. Griffin Killing Mr. Griffin Looking for Alaska Looking for Alaska Lucky Lucky Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Monday's Not Coming Monday's Not Coming Native Son Native Son Nineteen Minutes Nineteen Minutes Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men Out of Darkness Out of Darkness Perfect Perfect Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda Sold Sold Speak Speak The Bluest Eye The Bluest Eye The Color Purple The Color Purple The Glass Castle The Glass Castle The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale The Hate U Give The Hate U Give The Kite Runner The Kite Runner The Nowhere Girls The Nowhere Girls The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Perks of Being a Wallflower Thirteen Reasons Why Thirteen Reasons Why Tilt Tilt Tricks Tricks Water for Elephants Water for Elephants We Are the Ants We Are the Ants
Antiracist Baby
Baseball Saved Us
City of Heavenly Fire
Dear Martin
Draw Me a Star
Feed
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Gossip Girl: A Novel by Cecily von Ziegesar

About Spencer Community School District

Spencer Community School District serves the city of Spencer and surrounding areas in Clay County, in northwest Iowa. Like other public school systems in the state, the district maintains school libraries and classroom collections that are subject to Iowa's statewide content review requirements alongside local policies on instructional materials.

Books in Schools

This tracker currently lists 53 distinct titles that have been banned or challenged within Spencer Community School District. That figure places it among the more active districts tracked in Iowa, though several other districts in the state have logged higher counts. Much of the review activity in Iowa districts since 2023 has taken place against the backdrop of Iowa Senate File 496, which set new statewide standards for school library materials and instructional content. No independent news coverage of Spencer's specific removals has been verified for inclusion here; this page will be updated if reporting becomes available.