I am reading the book Ellie's Story by W. Bruce Cameron . It is about a German Shepherd named Ellie, training to become a search-and-rescue dog. She has to find people and save them. During the book, Ellie learns more about her purpose in life but still gets confused about the tasks given to her. A scene in this book reminds me of another book called Best Friend Next Door by Carolyn Mackler , which is about a girl whose best friend had just moved away making her life miserable. Now a new girl has just moved in next door, will they become friends? The girls are so alike in many ways but also very different, so will it be a good friendship or not? In Ellie's Story, Ellie is searching to find a kidnapper and bring him back to the other police officers. When her and Jakob find this man, he pulls out a gun and shoots Jakob in the stomach. He falls down and Ellie attacks the man once she realizes that he is injured. More police officers come to see what happened and call a heli...