Dear Mrs Larue Dear Mrs Larue Author:Scholastic Inc. Ike LaRue (Dear Mrs. LaRue) is a self-proclaimed "good dog." Never mind his escape from obedience school or his arrest for cat-napping!--all misunderstandings, of course. Whenever Ike, with his flair for the dramatic, takes matters into his own paws readers are left howling. "Ike is a hero."