<P> As of now, there have been four official complaints about the book that have been recorded . Resultantly, Alexie's book was removed from 10th - grade classes and made supplemental literature for 11th and 12th grades, instead of required reading . </P> <P> A middle school in Queens removed Diary from required reading due to the references to masturbation, which the school considered inappropriate for middle schoolers . </P> <P> The book was challenged on the 10th grade reading list at Skyview High School, where a parent complained "(t) his book is, shockingly, written by a Native American who reinforces all the negative stereotypes of his people and does it from the crude, obscene, and unfiltered viewpoint of a 9th - grader growing up on the reservation ." The book was not removed from the school list . </P> <P> A Jefferson County parent complained about the novel's graphic nature, resulting in the book being pulled from all county schools . </P>

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