Felicity: An American Girl Adventure (2005)

Young, assertive Felicity Merriman (Shailene Woodley) lives with her mother (Marcia Gay Harden) and father (John Schneider) in colonial Virginia, where the movement toward breaking away from British rule is growing. Felicity is looking for her own kind of freedom and discovers it in the form a beautiful horse that she rescues from its cruel owner. As the American Revolution begins, Felicity finds comfort in her equine friend, but still has to contend with tumultuous changes in her life.