Raphael is a dumpsite boy. He spends his days wading through mountains of steaming trash, sifting it, sorting it, breathing it, sleeping next to it.

Then one unlucky-lucky day, Raphael's world turns upside down.

A small leather bag falls into his hands. It's a bag of clues. It's a bag of hope. It's a bag that will change everything. Soon Raphael and his friends Gardo and Rat are running for their lives.

Wanted by the police, it takes all their quick-thinking and fast-talking to stay ahead.

As the net tightens, they uncover a dead man's mission to put right a terrible wrong. And now it's three street boys against the world...