My 12 yo 6th grader used to be an avid reader but is having a harder and harder time finding things he likes and wants to stick with. Lately he read The Martian and Project Hail Mary but, nothing's "doing it" for him. He's read most popular middle grade / YA series, isn't interested in high fantasy (Tolkien, Eragon, etc). What else would you suggest? I think maybe plot driven is the way to go. Here are things he liked lately or when he was younger:
Percy Jackson
Harry Potter
all the Stuart Gibbs
Alex Rider
Maze Runner
Ready Player One
I am Number 4
Ender's Game
Hunger Games
Gregor the Overlander
Scythe
Edited to add things he's rejected lately:
The Golden Compass
Feed by MT Anderson
Jurassic Park (he's already seen the movie so why?)
Angels and Demons
by tgbarbie
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I would introduce him to Terry Pratchett – the Wee Free Men series is a great place to start.
Armada by Ernest Cline
And the OG version, The Last Starfighter by Alan Dean Foster
The Harper Hall trilogy by Anne McCaffrey
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
A Spell for Chameleon by Piers Anthony