washington us president barack obama visited a local bookstore here with his two daughters sasha and malia to buy books including one of indianorigin writer salman rushdie in all obama purchased nine books these included purity a novel by jonathan franzen two years eight months and twentyeight nights by rushdie and elske a novel of the kingdom by cynthia voigt other books were on fortunes wheel and jackaroo a novel of the kingdom by cynthia voigt a snicker of magic by natalie lloyd stargirl by jerry spinelli diary of a wimpy kid hard luck book 8 by jeff kinney and dork diaries 1 tales from a notsofabulous life by rachel rene russell obama and his daughters shopped for books in tiny upshur street bookstore he left with a brown shopping bag and acknowledged journos with a smile as he walked to his suv after their book stop yesterday they stopped for ice cream in a nearby dc neighborhood