The Boxtrolls dwell in the vast and intricate caverns under the cobblestone streets of Cheesebridge. Human legend has it the creatures are carnivorous monsters. In reality though theyre just misunderstood oddballs whove raised an orphan human boy named Eggs. When Eggs discovers his true identity he finds himself in the very centre of the ongoing struggle between his boxtroll family and cheese-loving fearmongerers. In the end it takes a privileged little girl named Winnie to teach both Eggs and the people of Cheesebridge what it means to be human.