With friends Alicia and Shane in tow, Alex befriends a homeless family and puts together an ambitious plan to help the Pathfinders, the citizens of Cyprus Hill, and the struggling family at the same time. In the meantime, a trio of troublemakers is headed to their town looking for money-money that the out-of-work father owes them! Before they know it, the Honours Club trio find themselves caught between the thugs and the homeless family in a battle for an expensive antique clock and a race against time.

The Great Sleepy-Time Stew Rescue brings the ingredients of friendship, family ties, greed, homelessness and compassion together in a culinary caper that finally leaves a good taste in everyone's mouth. And hidden within the story are some of the requirements for earning the Pathfinder Cooking honour.