JumpStart Advanced 5th Grade: Mystery Club Vol. 4

**JumpStart Advanced 5th Grade: Mystery Club Vol. 4** is the fourth installment in the JumpStart Advanced Mystery Club series.

It was released in 2003 with certain boxed set releases of JumpStart Advanced 5th Grade. It is sometimes subtitled with "Heists in Hooverville".

## Characters

* Jo Hammet (main)
* Bernie
* Jimmy "The Shadow"
* Maggie Mead
* Janitor
* Martin
* B.F. Skinny
* Restaurant Owners (Dr. X's former henchmen)

## Description

Like the other Mystery Club games, the player takes on cases that require searching for clues and playing activities called Gadget Games. The player assumes the role of a new detective at Academy Headquarters and can move up in rank by completing cases. Jo Hammet acts as the player's guide and partner.

Unlike the other Mystery Club games, all of the game's cases take place in Hooverville, the setting for JumpStart 5th Grade. Residents of Hooverville that were seen in JumpStart 5th Grade reappear, alongside newly introduced characters as well. This game takes place after the events of JumpStart 5th Grade.

## Gadget Games

* **Interview the Witness** - In this activity, the player must talk to a witness to get information from them. First, the player must make the witness feel comfortable by fulfilling several of their requests. Each witness has different preferences for food and drinks. Then the player has a chance to ask the witness a question. Each witness will only respond to a certain conversation type.
* **Skateboard Scramble** - This activity replaces Digital Dash from the other Mystery Club games. It shares the same icon and the same platformer gameplay style, but has a different premise. The differences are that the player controls Jo on her skateboard, and has to navigate through Hooverville while collecting scraps of paper that form a clue.
* **Natural Analyzer** - The player must group natural objects such as plants and animals by shared characteristics.
* **Word Scrambler** - The player must try to create as many words as possible before the timer runs out.

## Cases

*Note: These cases aren't necessarily listed in the order that they appear.*

* **Pilfered Paintings** - Jo and the player investigate a string of robberies at the Hooverville Museum of Art and Geography.
* **Juice Bar Burglary** - Jo and the player investigate a theft at the Squishy Juice Bar.
* **Mine Shaft Misdemeanor** - Jo and the player visit the Boulder Canyon Mine Shaft after Maggie Mead reports that someone has been stealing items from her collection.
* **Landfill Larceny** - Jo and the player visit Jimmy's Junkyard after it appears someone has been sneaking in at night to loot it.
* **Fireworks Fleecing** - Jo and the player visit Martin, who now works for a fireworks manufacturer, to investigate the apparent robbery of some of the factory's fireworks.
* **Restaurant Robbery** - Jo and the player investigate a theft at a sushi restaurant opened by Dr. X's former henchmen after they recovered from being brainwashed by him.

## Transcript

*See JumpStart Advanced 5th Grade: Mystery Club Vol. 4/Transcript*

## Gallery

Jo at Academy HeadquartersBernie in the Interview the Witness activity