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Discover superhero Kung Pow Chicken, in this full-color early chapter book bind-up perfect for newly independent readers. Four books in one! Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow! Kung Pow Chicken isn't just any superhero. He's powerful! He's quick-witted! And... he's a chicken! In this hilarious series, ordinary Gordon Blue transforms into Kung Pow Chicken. Kung Pow Chicken and his sidekick, Egg Drop, are an avian dynamic duo that fights crime in the city of Fowladelphia. Discover Kung Pow Chicken in this four-book bind-up! In book one, Let's Get Cracking!, chickens everywhere suddenly lose their feathers and Kung Pow Chicken has to battle the evil Granny Goosebumps. In book two, Bok! Bok! Boom!, a star singer gets CHICKNAPPED and Kung Pow Chicken must stop mad scientist Dr. Screech. In book three, The Birdy Snatchers, Kung Pow Chicken has to stop Birdbrain and his zombie army. And in book four, Heroes on the Side, Kung Pow Chicken must save all of the world's sidekicks from bad guy Ticklebeak. With full-color artwork and speech bubbles throughout, this laugh-out-loud early chapter book series is filled with nonstop action!