Sherman Alexie's 'Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian' Pulled From School Reading List Over Masturbation Mention

An award-winning young adult novel that mentions masturbation was reportedly removed from the sixth-grade reading list of a New York City school after parents complained. The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie's 2007 story of a Native American who transfers to an all-white school, includes the following passage: "And if God hadn't wanted us to masturbate, then God wouldn't have given us thumbs. So I thank God for my thumbs." By the time the book was pulled from the summe...