Eleven-year-old Jerome Barnes isn't expecting to find anything interesting in crazy Wild Willy's junkyard. But then he discovers Arkie. Arkie is a Scrapper - a person made of old odds and ends come to life And what's more there's a whole city full of Scrappers right beneath Jerome's town. Jerome and Arkie quickly become good friends and for the first time since his mom and younger brother's mysterious death Jerome feels happy and loved. So when danger threatens to destroy Smithytowne and all of its citizens Jerome knows he must protect his new friends. But will he risk everything - his safety his dad's job the town's livelihood - all for Arkie and the Scrappers