Ciara Shufflebottom is a spoilt, ungrateful girl living a life of gluttony and greed until one day her life is turned upside down when she is mistaken for a pile of rubbish and taken away to live on the local dump. Forced to readjust into her new life while making new friends things are complicated further when she actually starts to turn into junk. Will her family find her before its too late or will she disappear forever?