Just Passing Through (Hardcover, Turtleback School & Library ed.)

The story unfolds in the 1950s--a time of extreme naivete and intolerance. Abandoned by his parents and five brothers and sisters, Jeff learns to fight the hopelessness of just passing through a world of loneliness, deep feelings of rejection, and a constant longing to be reunited with a family that seems to have forgotten him.
Beth Beggs won the 1992 Greater Dallas Writers Award for "Just Passing Through". Ms. Beggs, both an author and teacher, lives in Graham, Texas with her husband and children.