My Friend Flicka

Ken returns from school with poor grades, disappointing his father. His mother convinces his father to let Ken choose a horse, but he picks an injured filly instead of a colt. Can he nurse her back to health? Ken McLaughlin struggles to please his family in any way. He comes back from boarding school boasting poor grades and facing going through the fifth grade again, much to his fathers dismay. Ken's mother, Nell, manages to persuade his father Rob to let him choose a colt from the herd for himself. He instead chooses a sorrel chestnut filly, who becomes injured soon after. Can Ken nurse the filly back to full health?