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Urbandale Community School District

71 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 Separate Peace A Separate Peace A Stolen Life A Stolen Life All Boys Aren't Blue All Boys Aren't Blue Anatomy of a Single Girl Anatomy of a Single Girl Beloved Beloved Beyond Magenta Beyond Magenta Brave New World Brave New World Breaking Dawn Breaking Dawn Breathless Breathless Crank Crank Damsel Damsel Empire of Storms Empire of Storms Flamer Flamer Forever . . . Forever . . . Gender Queer: A Memoir Gender Queer: A Memoir I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter Identical Identical Kingdom of Ash Kingdom of Ash Last Night at the Telegraph Club Last Night at the Telegraph Club Lawn Boy Lawn Boy Like a Love Story Like a Love Story Looking for Alaska Looking for Alaska Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Milk and Honey Milk and Honey Native Son Native Son Nineteen Minutes Nineteen Minutes Out of Darkness Out of Darkness Perfect Perfect Push Push Ready Or Not Ready Or Not Red Hood Red Hood Red, White & Royal Blue Red, White & Royal Blue Shine Shine Sold Sold Song of Solomon Song of Solomon The Bluest Eye The Bluest Eye The Carnival at Bray The Carnival at Bray The Color Purple The Color Purple The DUFF The DUFF The Fault in Our Stars The Fault in Our Stars The Female of the Species The Female of the Species The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Graphic Novel) The Handmaid's Tale (Graphic Novel)

About Urbandale Community School District

Urbandale Community School District serves the city of Urbandale and surrounding areas in Polk County, in the Des Moines metropolitan area of central Iowa. Like other Iowa public school districts, it maintains school and classroom library collections that are subject to state review requirements and periodic challenges from parents, community members, and administrators.

Books in Schools

This page tracks 71 distinct titles that have been banned or challenged within Urbandale Community School District, a level of activity that places it among the more active Iowa districts tracked on this site, though below the state's highest-volume districts. Much of the recent review activity in Iowa districts follows from Senate File 496, a 2023 state law that restricts library materials depicting sex acts and requires school libraries to maintain age-appropriate collections, prompting many districts to reassess existing titles. Coverage of specific challenges and removals in Urbandale schools has not yet been independently verified for this page.