A black girl in Eleanor’s gym class, DeNice is wise in spite of her very youthful appearance and kind to Eleanor when no one else is, helping her clean up her locker in the wake of Tina’s crew’s pranks. DeNice is funny and practical, and helps Eleanor learn to take social strife, gossip, and drama with a grain of salt. DeNice and her friend Beebi soon become Eleanor’s closest friends in school.
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DeNice Character Timeline in Eleanor and Park
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Chapter 12
After all the other girls walk away, only two girls stay behind—DeNice and Beebi, two of the black girls in Eleanor’s class. They help Eleanor clean her...
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Chapter 14
Eleanor, DeNice, and Beebi have become fast friends, and their dreaded gym class now feels less lonely...
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Chapter 23
...place, and there are even rumors the two of them were fighting for her affection. DeNice and Beebi love gossiping about the fight, and are grateful that someone put Steve’s “sorry...
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Chapter 30
In the locker room after gym class, Eleanor fields a similar invitation from DeNice and Beebi, who invite her to come dancing with them on Thursday. They tell her...
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...they usually appear on gym days, she can’t narrow it down—everyone in gym class but DeNice and Beebi seems to hate her.
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Chapter 37
...makeup makes Park look even cooler and cuter—like himself “with the volume turned way up”—and DeNice and Beebi agree.
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Chapter 40
The next day, DeNice and Beebi wait with Eleanor after gym class while she checks her books for any...
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Chapter 43
...there is nothing she or anyone can do to stop the bullying. Park, Beebi, and DeNice have all rallied around her, though, in order to show Tina and her crew that...
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