Alexie Novel "Pretty Trashy"

After a father called in to complain about the "pretty trashy" book his 14-year-old son was required to read for English class, Crook County High School in Oregon was told to remove it from the curriculum until further notice. What was the offensive filth that had the potential to corrupt young, tender, innocent hearts and minds? (No, not a Danielle Steele novel.) It was Seattle-based author Sherman Alexie's award-winning, widely acclaimed young adult novel, "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian." This part is completely laughable, though: the concerned father objected most strongly to the book's few casual references to masturbation. If the son still has no idea what masturbation is as a 14-year-old attending a public high school, the father has much bigger fish to fry. May we suggest the Moss family begins to put money away towards a therapy fund immediately?