This line here: She tried so hard to fill the void my father abandoning us left behind for us to fill. That actually made me cringe, if I can be blunt. I think it would make more sense if it said something like: When my dad walked out, it left a void in our lives, a black hole that sucked up all of the joy we could feel. My mom tried her best to fill the emptiness, but I still missed him.
Other than that, it's off to a great start! And I see you added some changes to the changes I suggested for the part where Johnny is leaving school! I look forward to your next chapter!
Many towns along the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers have competitions to catch Asian carp. If you're gonna get rid of an invasive species, you might as well have some fun with it.
Rabbits are another one that Australia can do without. The white colonists brought them over as a food source, and inevitability, they escaped from their enclosures and did what comes naturally. Now they're almost as serious of a problem as the zebra mussels in the Great Lakes.