App store not showing app details

Is something wrong with my ipad2 or is there some setting I am not aware of?
Here is what happened: I go to app store to search for an app. Clicked on the app icon to view details. Then proceeded to buy it and got it installed. I then went to search for a different app. Tried to view the details of that other app by clicking on the icon but nothing happens - the page showing the details of that app does not show up. I tried clicking on the other 11 app icons that showed up under that search. None of them responds. But all the other touch sensitive parts of the app store still functions - search box, filter pull down options, sort, next page, etc, etc.
This is not the first time this phenomenon occured. In previous times I did not remember what I did to get to that state where clicking on the app icons in the app store did not respond but I clearly remember on numerous occasions there is no response to clicking.
So is there a setting I don't know about or is my ipad2 malfunctioning?
Thanks.
Just want to add that the little icon with the $ sign on it to buy apps still works. Just the icon with the picture in it does not work.
Message was edited by: quatrieme

Thanks, King_Penguin, for the suggestion and quick response.
Before I saw your response, I turned the ipad off and turned it back on (but did not reboot). Since that, I went into the app store and I could get into app details again.
I did not know of this feature you mentioned. Very useful. I tried it and many apps were shown to be running - even many apps that had been recently (past days) run but not since turnning off/on a few minutes ago were still shown as running. That is very weird. At the very least it's not a very efficient use of resources. I killed every single one of them incl app store. After this I could go in & out of various app detail screens.
Should this phenomenon happen again I will try your solution first and see if that alone will do it and report back here.
Thanks again. This is a useful feature to know about.

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