Hulk

Title: Hulk

Author: David Maule

Publishers: Penguin readers

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Bruce is fourteen years old at the start of this story. Life isn’t easy for him. He’s smart, but he doesn’t make friends at school. He lives with his Mom, but she isn’t really his mother. He has strange dreams. And he knows that he can’t get angry. When he gets angry, he is dangerous.

One day, in his last year at school, he does get angry, and his body changes. He sees strange bumps under his skin and his body hurts. He really is different from other people. Why? What happened to him when he was young? Bruce is afraid.

Fifteen years  later, Bruce starts work in a lab. He knows that he is going to do important work. On the first day he meets a beautiful young woman, Betty Ross. He likes her and she likes him. Her father, Thaddeus Ross, is a general in the army. He works in Desert Base. The place means something to Bruce. Did he live there when he was child? What happened there? General Ross knows something, but he doesn’t tell Bruce.

Later, Bruce meets a strange man with three dogs. They are bigger and more dangerous than other dogs. Who is this man? Why does he want to hurt Bruce?

This is Bruce’s story and they are this words. He slowly learns about his life. In the end he understands, but first he has to fight.