Book recommendation for 10 yr. old boy who doesn’t like to read please.

My son is very bright and reads well beyond his grade level (5th). He’s very musical (plays cello with the 7th grade orchestra), basically teaching himself how to read music when he was about 7 by watching YouTube.

But for some reason, he hates reading books. Part of his school program requires him to read a grade level or above book and do a book talk by the end of the month. He picked a Harry Potter book since he’s seen all the movies and likes HP, but he doesn’t really enjoy reading the book.

In the past, he’s enjoyed the series “I Survived…” which are shorter stories about people living through various disasters or wars, etc. Last year he read a book called Ground Zero by Alan Gratz and seemed to enjoy that one quite a bit.

But again, when we go to the library and I ask him what he might be interested in, he just complains that he doesn’t know how to choose or reading is boring or some other excuse.

I’m looking for something that will capture his attention and keep him turning pages as he waits to find out what’s next.

He doesn’t like sports but he loves getting immersed in other cultures or topics where he can really geek out. Right now, he’s really into collecting and tasting all kinds of international fruits because he plays Grow a Garden on Roblox and he loves acquiring all the different plants and seeds to complete his collection.

Anyway, I’m hoping y’all might have some stuff that would hit the spot for him. Thanks!