There are now a couple of sites out there that are finally making it easier to engage students with reading. I'm speaking of Newsela, which offers current event articles written at a variety of levels, and the one I just discovered which is called CommonLit. This one offers articles, poems, short stories etc. on a variety of themed topics. It's still under development but definitely worth checking out.
http://www.commonlit.org/#!themes-texts/cjg9
http://www.commonlit.org/#!themes-texts/cjg9