Across Iowa, dozens of school districts have removed Jodi Picoult's novel "Nineteen Minutes" since the state's controversial book ban became law more than a year ago. But at desmoinespublicschools, students can still read the best-selling book about the fallout from a tragic school shooting. They also can check out John Green's award-winning book "Looking for Alaska," which more than four-dozen other Iowa school districts have taken off the shelves. In fact, officials at Iowa's biggest public school district haven't removed a single volume from DMPS' library collection of nearly 700,000 books — despite hundreds of the titles appearing on book removal lists from across the state because of the Iowa law banning literature from schools that depict sex acts. It's not an outlier. Tap the link in our bio for more on this story. #Iowa #IApolitics #IAlegis #IAed #BookBan