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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (National Book Award Winner)

Sherman Alexie

A New York Times bestseller—over one million copies sold! Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written,

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The Megyn Kelly Show

It was part of the curriculum and included pornographic sections. Students were told to listen to an audio version of the book, as they didn't want them to skip over the sections about sex and race.

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he had that Diary of a Part-Time Indian with all the pornography in it that he was told to go home and listen to on audio books as well, because they don't want kids to have to skip through those impo...

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It was part of the curriculum and included pornographic sections. Students were told to listen to an audio version of the book, as they didn't want them to skip over the sections about sex and race.

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he had that Diary of a Part-Time Indian with all the pornography in it that he was told to go home and listen to on audio books as well, because they don't want kids to have to skip through those important sections about race, those important sections in my son's case about sex and, you know, pornographic sections.

The Rachel Maddow Show

It was mentioned that when people object to the book and try to ban it, they often take small things out of context because they don't find explicit sex or violence.

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When people object to the book and try to ban the book, they're kind of caught because there's no explicit sex or violence. And so they take out of context small things that they think they might find...

— Episode: Introducing: Season 2 of “Velshi Banned...

Episode: Introducing: Season 2 of “Velshi Banned Book Club”

It was mentioned that when people object to the book and try to ban it, they often take small things out of context because they don't find explicit sex or violence.

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When people object to the book and try to ban the book, they're kind of caught because there's no explicit sex or violence. And so they take out of context small things that they think they might find objectionable.

The Matt Walsh Show

Walsh listed the title among the ALA's 13 most challenged books of 2022, noting its sexual content.

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Episode: Ep. 1151 - They're Coming For Your Children And Th...

Walsh listed the title among the ALA's 13 most challenged books of 2022, noting its sexual content.

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Genderqueer, All Boys Aren't Blue, The Bluest Eye, Flamer, Looking for Alaska, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Lawn Boy, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Out of Darkness, A Court of Mist and Fury, Crank, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, and This Book is Gay.

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

It was mentioned as an example of a book that faced attempts to be banned from some schools due to concerns about potentially offensive language.

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There's an example The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian written by an author named Sherman Alexi There there were What you could call politically left movements to ban that book from some s...

— Episode: Should Any Books Be Banned?

Episode: Should Any Books Be Banned?

It was mentioned as an example of a book that faced attempts to be banned from some schools due to concerns about potentially offensive language.

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There's an example The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian written by an author named Sherman Alexi There there were What you could call politically left movements to ban that book from some schools because there were concerns about offensive Racially charged language

Episode: Should Any Books Be Banned?

It was mentioned as an example of a book that has been banned in some schools due to concerns about offensive and racially charged language.

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There's an example The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian written by an author named Sherman Alexi There there were What you could call politically left movements to ban that book from some schools because there were concerns about offensive Racially charged language and you can you can read a lot about this book because it generated a lot of controversy multiple different Municipalities have tried to pull this book from the shelves.

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