Response to Alexis - Janie

I really don't think that Alexis was meant to be a very important character. She was only mentioned in one section of the book, and her only purposes were to give the reader a bit of information on the school and to be a diversion for Risa and Connor as they exit the school during the fire alarm. I don't think Shusterman intended there to be any deep, underlying purpose in including her in the story; maybe just a refresher so we don't have so much just Lev, Connor, and Risa condensed for so long.