Reddit mentions of Locke & Key Vol. 1: Welcome To Lovecraft (Locke & Key Volume)

Locke and Key bends more toward horror-fantasy but it's super good.

Seconded! You can read Vol. 1 for free with Prime Reading.

As people said before, it's much easier and accurate if we know what kind of movies, TV shows and video games he likes.

You could try with graphic novels. There's all sort of those, for all ages.

Remember: even Bart Simpson was fond of graphic novels.

Edit: Here are some examples:

Soccer Longshot: Sports

Attack on Titan: Epic hero in a fantasy dystopian world where there's a man-eating monster

Batman: Who doesn't love Batman?

Locke and Key: Thriller dark-fantasy where you have a house that does impossible things


Black Butler: Detectives story set in London, where the protagonist is a 12 year old boy! (Manga)


Watchmen: Super heroes doing super hero stuff.

Through the Woods: Horror stories!!

They're quite cheap, compared to paper books, and he can read them on his tablet, which can be more exciting for him.

Lots of terrific suggestions here already, but a few more:

Christopher Moore - light funny fast paced fiction with terrific dialog. Plots vary wildly, from Lamb, the story of Biff, Jesus's childhood friend, to Noir, a silly spoof of noir fiction.

Lock and Key graphic novels by Joe Hill. The art, characters and story are all perfection.

The Girl who Circumnavigated Fairy Land in a Ship of her own Making by Catherynne Valente. Valente is one of the most imaginative writers I've read, up there with Lewis Carrol. And this protagonist is so feisty and lovely. Shorter read then His Dark Materials but also first in a series. She also writes books for adults.

Locke and Key! It's a horror series though. One of the writers is Stephen Kings son!

Also, a really great series is the Firefly series. I'm not sure if you've seen the shows but I fully recommend it.

I don't know how to do the link thing so I'll just link them like this, lol:

http://www.amazon.com/Locke-Key-Vol-Welcome-Lovecraft-ebook/dp/B007KDHKZ8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1398795658&sr=8-1&keywords=locke+and+key