It's time for the annual school play at Thurgood Marshall Middle School, and everyone is excited to get their chance for a role in the play - Mrs. Pickle's Parrot. Drama teacher Mrs. B wrote the play, which features a talking, singing, rapping parrot named Pumpkin. Minnie and her twin brother Art both want the part of Parrot, which causes some conflict. But, by the end of the book, the twins have the right roles for them - as do all of their friends. There's lots of fun and misadventures as Mrs. B's seventh graders take to the stage. This is the second book of the Saltwater Kids series, which follows 12-year-old twins Art and Minnie, who live on a houseboat in Gulfport, Florida.