Miss Myrick, an elementary school librarian, has turned her knowledge of the things that intrigue small boys to good account in this fun-to-read I Can Read book that is all about a secret club for Mark, Billy and Tom. It provides the outline for all such club endeavors -- trick writing, password, secret signals, secret handshakes and a sleep-out in a clubhouse/tent. Tom lives on a lighthouse island and his suggestion for suggestion to be imitated. They will encounter little difficulty with this vocabulary which encourages the playing with and the reworking of words.