Other parts of the story include...

*	the kids' dreams...and the dreams of their parents and teachers, etc	All sorts of dreams, including a few nightmares.
*	poems that the kids write--and some other people's poems, too	Some people would call these poems. Others might not be so complimentary.
*	their projects when they go exploring the things that they are interested in	This is school stuff but it links with everything else in the story.
*	the kids' raving on about their problems, relationships, friends, enemies, memories, likes, dislikes	You find this stuff on their home pages. They're always raving on about what's on their mind.

Or you might get lost in...

*	four novels which are mirror images of each other	(almost)
*	all the answers Dr Claire gives to the kids' questions	Only some of these are about embarrassing subjects.
*	scripts of videos that the kids and others have written	You don't watch these videos. They're descriptions of videos. You've got to imagine what they look like.
*	lots of the kids' letters, phone calls, email and secretly recorded conversations	They don't mind you snooping.
*	the teacher's diary	It's full of personal stuff that the kids aren't supposed to read...
*	all about the school the kids go to	..it's a bit different, so it needs explaining
*	what happens in every minute of one important day	1440 minutes = 1 day
	oh, yeah& and...
*	a short history of the world	Just in case you wanted to see how the characters fit in with the rest of the universe

 So you think this sounds complicated?

The main thing to remember is that axel-and-alice is about its two main characters: Alice and Axel.