PREVIOUSLY IN THE SERIES
Five children of graveyard shift workers—Miles, Esperanza, Kwame, Jin, and Aaliyah—discovered the Graveyard Shift Academy, an underground school hidden beneath an abandoned shipping yard in Oakland. Built generations ago by night-shift workers, the Academy trained each child in the trade of their parent: mechanics, nursing, transit, logistics, and crane operations. After passing a final test that proved they could only succeed together, the five graduated and began carrying the Academy’s knowledge into the world above. As the first book ended, the bell began warming up for a new class.
This is Miles’s story.
He is the author of over 143 published books spanning spirituality, recovery, public health, hip hop, science fiction, and children’s literature, with over 1400 music tracks distributed. His PORT SCHOLAR CHRONICLES project documents his daily journey between Oakland port work and San Francisco State University evening classes.